Refering to functions as objects?

Subject: Refering to functions as objects? March 18th 2012, 7:36 pm

I've noticed in Telamon's leaderstats script, that he refers to "killer" as an object, but its value is a function? How is that possible? How can I use this to create and insert a table of guis?

Administrator Posts : 878 Join date : 2010-07-30

How is it referenced?

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

i thought 'killer' was an object value...

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 19th 2012, 8:44 am

local killer = getKillerOfHumanoidIfStillInGame(humanoid)

if killer ~= nil then
...

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

that means it it was referring the the values returned from that function not the function itself:

function aFunction()
return 10
end

aCall = aFunction()
aFunctionReference = aFunction
print(aCall)
print(aFunctionRefence)

>10
>function: [hexadecimalcodehere]

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 20th 2012, 8:38 am

Cool, but can you refer to more than one object, or maybe a table?

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

function ReturnTable()
return {1,4,3,5}
end

function Return3Values()
return 1,3,5
end

tab = ReturnTable()
x,y,z = Return3Values()

print(x,z)
>1 5
print(tab[2],tab[4])
>4 5

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

you can even reference objects like in the leaderboard script:

function ReturnWorkspace()
return worksapce
end

work = ReturnWorkspace()

print(work.Name)

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 21st 2012, 9:20 am

worksapc? Anyway, thats cool. I didn't really know what the whole point of return even was... I thought it would just like... reset the function of something...

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

whoops, typo i mean to say Workspace

return has many uses... i was just showing how it returns values from functions because you were wondering. i could explainmore if u wanted.

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 23rd 2012, 12:58 pm

Ok. What else can it do? I think I heard it can like return to the beginning of a function if the requirements can't be met.... btw Have you ever used tweening?

Administrator Posts : 1081 Join date : 2010-12-09 Age : 26

nope, :P first time i tried it it didn't work so I used my own method that was slower :P

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 28th 2012, 11:28 am

Subject: Re: Refering to functions as objects? March 28th 2012, 11:29 am

Ok, Answer me this, How do you get text to slide out of a gui without moving outside of it, and not showing text or anything? I don't understand it...

Refering to functions as objects?

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