Assign/return multiple variables (calling from and/or)

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#1

is there any simple way to make this work without tables

function GetValue()
    return 1,2 
end

local a,b = 1 > 0 and GetValue()
print(a,b)
--1, nil

local c,d = GetValue()
print(c,d)
--1, 2

i know you can do a,b = 1 > 0 and 1,2 but can i return multiple with a single call

#2

I don’t think ternary assignment works like that with tuples

The simplest way would be to just use an if statement

local a,b
if 1 > 0 then a,b = GetValue() end

Also,

This doesn’t work the way you think it does. a is evaluated for everything before the comma, and then b is just assigned the value of 2

It’s the same as doing

a = 1 > 0 and 1
b = 2
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