Pass a variable with :Connect(function)

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
1

Quick example:

function hello(a, b) -- Function takes 2 variables
     print("Touched:",a,"something:",b)
end

for _,v in ipairs(objects) do
   local myVariable = v.Something.Value
   v.Touched:Connect(hello) -- How would I pass "myVariable" to function "hello"?
end
2 Likes
2

You can’t. You’ll have to connect a function that calls the function with the parameters you want:

v.Touched:Connect(function(...)
    hello(myVariable, ...)
end)
9 Likes
3

Okay, thank u!

Character limit

4

Isn’t There A Shorter Way Of Sending Variables Without Creating A Whole New Function?

1 Like
5

you can also do it like this which is basicly the same, but most people just do it like this bc it looks nicer

function hello(a)
   return function(b)
      print(a.." and "..b.." touched!")
   end
end

for _,v in ipairs(objects) do
   local myVariable = v.Something.Value
   v.Touched:Connect(hello(myVariable))
end