Difference between revisions of "Require"

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'''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/>
 
'''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/>
'''Class:''' [[(global)|(global)]]<br/>
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'''Class:''' [[(global)]]<br/>
  
 
=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
Loads and runs libraries. Roughly, '''require''' does the same job as [[dofile|dofile]], but, '''require''' searches for the file in a path. Because of that, '''require''' is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries.
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Loads and runs libraries.
 
<source lang="lua">
 
<source lang="lua">
 
require(packagename)
 
require(packagename)
 
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Roughly, '''require''' does the same job as [[dofile]] but '''require''' searches for the file in a path. Because of that, '''require''' is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries.
  
 
=== Parameters ===
 
=== Parameters ===
'''packagename''': (string) library to load
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'''packagename''': (string) library to load<br/>
  
 
=== See also ===
 
=== See also ===

Revision as of 22:24, 13 May 2022

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Loads and runs libraries.

require(packagename)

Roughly, require does the same job as dofile but require searches for the file in a path. Because of that, require is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries.

Parameters

packagename: (string) library to load

See also

Loading Order of Lua Files