What's the difference?

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#1

Setting a Variable

local Value = AAA

and

Value = AAA

I’ve been writing codes without actually understanding what the differences are, can anyone tell me how one differs to another and which is preferred?

#2

local means it will be shown for a “area” like

if hi then
local bye = "Bye"
end
-- wont be able to use bye

for non local variables its just simple.

#3

First one is defined as a local variable.

While the second one is defined as a global variable.

Local variables are better and more performant.
Here is an example:

local x = 5

local function T1()
   local x = 10
   print(x) -- would print 10
end

print(x) -- would print 5
T1()

x = 5

local function T1()
    print(x-2) -- would print 3
end

print(x-5) -- would print 0
T1()
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#4

You should probably read through this.

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