Difference between revisions of "Require"
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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. | 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. | ||
<source lang="lua"> | <source lang="lua"> | ||
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'''packagename:''' (string) library to load ''''''<br/> | '''packagename:''' (string) library to load ''''''<br/> | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 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)
'packagename: (string) library to load '
