I have issues understanding how to use a metatable, i’ve watched multiple tutorials, yet it feels like the information’s just going in one ear, and out the other, i can’t process any of it.
Can somebody explain metatables and their uses to me as if i were a middle schooler.
Only thing i understand, and have tried is :setmetatable() but thats it
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Exodation
February 8, 2024, 11:06pm
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I learned metatables when i was in middle school just with documentation and dev forum. These two posts should help you out
Hope it helps.
Metatables! Truly an interesting subject. Through my activity in different forums and discord servers, I have seen many people get confused, on what they are. Main reason being, not a super wide collection of resources exist explaining them, and in general the idea of metatables is different and unique for someone who is still baby-sitted by how straight forward Luau is.
Ah yes, metatables something that new scripters have a hard time grasping? Am I wrong? If so then prove me wrong. So here’s a sample code for the simplest metamethod
local Table = {bobux = math.huge} -- Our regular table, lol ugly dictionaries
local MetaGet = {bobux = math.min, abc = "def"} -- Reference Table
local Meta = {} -- table to attach to "Table"
Meta.__index = MetaGet
print(Table.abc) -- nil
setmetatable(Table, Meta) -- now whenever you index something nil with Table, it would look in…
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Thank you for this! But do you have any examples of when and how they could be used?
system
February 22, 2024, 11:15pm
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