Re: How to use functions from another script?

[Muqtheear S <muqtheear.s@...>]

Thanks for the reply.

I created 2 scripts as you said. I kept both the scripts in the same directory and executed the script in Interactive mode. I am getting an execption

"module 'myfuns.lua' not found:
    no field package.preload['myfuns']
    no file '.\myfuns.lua'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua\myfuns.lua'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua\myfuns\init.lua'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\myfuns.lua'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\myfuns\init.lua'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua\myfuns.luac'
    no file '.\myfuns.dll'
    no file '.\myfuns51.dll'
    no file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\myfuns.dll'". Please give me suggestion

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:40 PM, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:

If a script defines some functions like so

-- myfuns.lua

function answer()

  return 42

end

then we can load it into another script:

dofile('myfuns.lua')

print(answer())

or (better) use require:

require('myfuns')

print(answer())

Then (a) it will not constantly reload the file each time it is required and (b) myfuns.lua can be put on your Lua module path

See the Unofficial FAQ:  http://www.luafaq.org/#T1.19