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Tuzi521: /* Examples */

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‎Examples

TheyCallMeTim13 at 02:55, 18 April 2018

2018-04-18T02:55:50Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 02:54, 18 April 2018

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TheyCallMeTim13: Created page with 'Category:Lua '''function''' encodeFunction(''function'', ''protect'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' string Converts a given function into an encoded string that you can pass to [[Lua:fin…'

2018-04-18T02:54:37Z

Created page with 'Category:Lua '''function''' encodeFunction(''function'', ''protect'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' string Converts a given function into an encoded string that you can pass to [[Lua:fin…'

New page

[[Category:Lua]]
'''function''' encodeFunction(''function'', ''protect'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' string

Converts a given function into an encoded string that you can pass to [[Lua:findTableFile|decodeFunction]].

===Function Parameters===
{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
!align="left"|Parameter
!align="left"|Type
!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
|-
|function
|function
|The function to encode
|}

== Examples ==
<pre>
local function myCoolFunction(str) print(str) end
print(encodeFunction(myCoolFunction))
</pre>
<pre>
local function myCoolFunction(str) print(str) end
local encodedFunc = encodeFunction(myCoolFunction)
local decodedFunc = decodeFunction(encodedFunc)
decodedFunc('I have the power!')
</pre>

{{LuaSeeAlso}}

=== Related Functions ===
* [[Lua:findTableFile|decodeFunction]]

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−	{{~~LuaIndexBoxNoDescription~~	+	{{Protection}}
−	~~\|title=Function Encoding Related Lua Functions~~
−	~~\|content=~~
−	~~{{LuaIndexItemNoDescription~~
−	~~\|page=encodeFunction~~
−	~~\|label=encodeFunction~~
−	}}
−	~~{{LuaIndexItemNoDescription~~
−	~~\|page=decodeFunction~~
−	~~\|label=decodeFunction~~
−	}}
−	~~{{LuaIndexItemNoDescription~~
−	~~\|page=encodeFunctionEx~~
−	~~\|label=encodeFunctionEx~~
−	}}
−	}}

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 ===Examples===
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local encoded = encodeFunction(function()
    print("Hello from an encoded function")
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 print(encoded)
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local encoded = encodeFunction(function(value)
    return value * 2
@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 print(decoded(21))
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local function testFunction()
    showMessage("This function was encoded and decoded")
@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 decoded()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' encodeFunction(''function'', ''protect'' OPTIONAL) ''':''' string
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' encodeFunction(''function'') ''':''' string}}
-Converts a given function into an encoded string that you can pass to [[Lua:decodeFunction|decodeFunction]].
+Converts a given Lua function into an encoded string.
 ===Function Parameters===
-{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
 !align="left"|Parameter
 !align="left"|Type
@@ Line 11: / Line 13: @@
 |-
 |function
-|function
+|Function
-|The function to encode
+|The Lua function that should be encoded.
 |}
-== Examples ==
+===Returns===
 <pre>
-local function myCoolFunction(str) print(str) end
+local encoded = encodeFunction(function(value)
-print(encodeFunction(myCoolFunction))
+  return value * 2
 </pre>
 <pre>
-local function myCoolFunction(str) print(str) end
+local function testFunction()
-local encodedFunc = encodeFunction(myCoolFunction)
+  showMessage("This function was encoded and decoded")
-local decodedFunc = decodeFunction(encodedFunc)
+end
-decodedFunc('I have the power!')
 </pre>
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}
-=== Related Functions ===
+{{LuaIndexBoxNoDescription
-* [[Lua:decodeFunction|decodeFunction]]
+|title=Function Encoding Related Lua Functions