Difference between revisions of "Require"
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| − | '''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> | + | '''<translate>Available since</translate>:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> |
| − | === Description === | + | === <translate>Description</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> | <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) | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
| − | === Parameters === | + | === <translate>Parameters</translate> === |
'''packagename''': (string) <translate>library to load</translate> <br/> | '''packagename''': (string) <translate>library to load</translate> <br/> | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 24 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
