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Loads and runs libraries. | Loads and runs libraries. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 13 July 2023
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)
Description
Loads and runs libraries.
require(packagename)
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.
Parameters
packagename: (string) library to load
See also
