How to acsess tables using another script

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1

lets say that script 1 has the following

local mytable = {true,"hello","huoewyg"}

I want script 2 to be able to read that table, but I don’t know how to do that

2

Use _G or ModuleScripts

for _G:

--first script
_G.mytable = {true, "hello", "huoewyg"}

--another script
while not _G.mytable do wait() end --if "mytable" doesnt exist then wait until it does
print(_G.mytable)

for ModuleScripts:

--modulescript
return {true, "hello", "huoewyg"}

--another script
local mytable = require(script.ModuleScript) --you have to find the directory of the ModuleScript instance
print(mytable)
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3

lets say that I wanted to put a script inside of a part, would I put _G.mytable[1] if i wanted to make the cancolide true?

idk im trying to get the jist of tables rn

4

yes

something like

while not _G.mytable do wait() end
script.Parent.CanCollide = _G.mytable[1]

keep in mind that _G itself is a table

5

why can’t you just set the cancollide property directly?

6

He was just making an example for how to use _G

7

_G is not recomended I would use:

shared.myTable = {code,code,code,code,code)

--otherscript
print(shared.myTable)
8

shared and _G are literally the same thing

9

oh, my bad then. It was a weird example.
Personally I would use modulescripts because imo they are just cleaner and easier to manage

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10

I know but _G breaks easier :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

11

I advise against using _G. Modulescripts solve all of the problems that _G was intended to fix and they are just better