Re: How to ignore module not found

[Matthew Wild <mwild1@...>]

On 9 May 2016 at 17:19, Dan Christian <danchristian65@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I make require() not cause a stack trace when a module is not found?

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local have_library, library = pcall(require, "mylibrary")

-- Do something if the library was not found, if you want
if not have_library then
    print("Library was not found. Error:", library)
end

-- ... --

if have_library then
    -- Use the library
    library.foo("bar")
end

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You said pcall didn't work. Easy mistake to make is:
pcall(require("mylibrary")). Which is wrong, after you think about it
more :)

Regards,
Matthew