Simple question

[Tuxion]

I want to know, when a button is pressed, how to keep the function active after the button has been used. with what function do I do this?

[zorg]

Hi and welcome to the forums;

Your simple question is truly simple, yet oh so vague; let me ask you a few follow-up questions:
- Do you mean mouse button, or a graphical button object you might have coded or want to code?
- What function do you exactly want to keep alive? And how do you define "keep alive"?
- What do you mean by "after the button has been used? As in the mouse-button released? Or a graphical one clicked on?
- Do you perhaps want a function to be called/executed/ran every frame after one of the aforementioned things, or would you like to do something else?

You know, help us help you, so we can give you a correct answer.

[Ostego160]

You tie the input command to a boolean variable.

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function love.load()
  switchOn = false
end

function love.update(dt)
  if love.keyboard.isDown('space') then
    switchOn = true
  end
  
  if switchOn then
    doSomething()
  end
end

When the spacebar is pressed, switchOn becomes true and stays true even if released.

[Tuxion]

Thanks Ostego160 ! it solves my problem.