dt is a table value?

[Doctory]

hello everyone,
im having a problem when trying to use dt to preform an arithmetic with it, but love throws an error on me saying its a table function:


hope anyone here is able to fix it. thanks in advance. .love is attached.

[pgimeno]

You're using dot notation for defining the update function, but calling it with colon notation.

When calling a function, using a colon is equivalent to calling it with the table as the first argument. For example:

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player:update(dt)

is equivalent to:

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player.update(player, dt)

So, you're passing the player table as the first parameter, because you use colon notation when you do this:

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states.states[states.currentState]:update(dt)

The solution is simple: just use a colon in the definition too, like this:

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function player:update(dt)

That's equivalent to:

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function player.update(self, dt)

so you can use either, though I'd say the former is preferred in this case.

Edit: Note that it will err again because you have the same issue in src/states/game.lua - just replace function game.update(dt) and player.update(dt) with function game:update(dt) and player:update(dt).

[Doctory]

i cant even use the library i made properly, thanks for the help!