Purpose of Metatables?

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I recommend this tutorial it’s really easy and short:

All about Object Oriented Programming

ALL ABOUT OOP! Prerequisites An understanding of meta-tables (although the required code will be explained) How tables work and a competent grasp of the Lua syntax Parts What is OOP? How does it help me? How do I make this work in Lua? Integrating with module scripts What about inheritance? What is OOP? OOP stands for Object Orientated Programming and is a way of laying out code in a more friendly way whilst also keeping large projects organised. You have used objects in pro…

And this tutorial if you want get deeper into OOP and metatables:

All you need to know about Metatables and Metamethods

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. I. Metatables There isn’t really a definition to what a metatable is. It’s just that, any table can have a metatable. Stick …