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=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
 
Returns the metatable of the given object.
 
Returns the metatable of the given object.
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Revision as of 14:28, 13 July 2023

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Returns the metatable of the given object. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (table) = getmetatable(object) </source>

  • 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.

Parameters

object: (object) object from which to get metatable

Return values

Returns (table) metatable