Difference between revisions of "Getmetatable"

Latest revision as of 12:20, 21 July 2025

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Returns the metatable of the given object.

(table) = getmetatable(object)

if object does not have a metatable, returns nil.
if the object metatable has a "__metatable" field, returns the associated value.
otherwise, returns the metatable of the given object.

object: (object) object from which to get metatable

Returns (table) metatable

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 __NOTOC__
-<languages />
+'''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/>
-'''<translate>Available since</translate>:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/>
+'''Class:''' [[(global)]]<br/>
-'''<translate>Class</translate>:''' [[Special:MyLanguage/(global)|(global)]]<br/>
-=== <translate>Description</translate> ===
+=== Description ===
-<translate>If object does not have a metatable, returns nil. Otherwise, if the object's metatable has a "__metatable" field, returns the associated value. Otherwise, returns the metatable of the given object.</translate>
+Returns the metatable of the given object.
-<source lang="lua">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 (table) = getmetatable(object)
-</source>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-=== <translate>Parameters</translate> ===
-'''object''': (object) <translate>Object from which to get metatable</translate> <br/>
+*if ''object'' does not have a metatable, returns nil.
-=== <translate>Return values</translate> ===
+*if the ''object'' metatable has a "__metatable" field, returns the associated value.
-'''<translate>Returns</translate>''' (table) <translate>metatable</translate><br/>
+*otherwise, returns the metatable of the given ''object''.
+=== Parameters ===
+'''object''': (object) object from which to get metatable<br/>
+=== Return values ===
+'''Returns''' (table) metatable<br/>
+=== See also ===
+'''https://luau.org/library#global-functions'''<br/>
+{{(global)}}