Difference between revisions of "Require"
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'''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> | '''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> | ||
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| − | <translate>Loads and runs libraries. 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.</translate> | + | <translate>Loads and runs libraries. Roughly, [[Special:MyLanguage/require|require]] does the same job as [[Special:MyLanguage/dofile|dofile]], but, [[Special:MyLanguage/require|require]] searches for the file in a path. Because of that, [[Special:MyLanguage/require|require]] is the preferred function in Lua for loading libraries.</translate> |
<source lang="lua"> | <source lang="lua"> | ||
require(packagename) | require(packagename) | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 23 August 2018
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Description
Loads and runs libraries. 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.
require(packagename)
Parameters
packagename: (string) library to load
