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Posted: **Fri May 08, 2015 8:45 am**

Bindie wrote:So when assigning files and libraries to local variables the do not depend on each other in the same way?

No, it's just that you can keep track of your dependencies much more easily that way.

Posted: **Fri May 08, 2015 6:14 pm**

Alright, so It's more clear.

When assigning functions to local variables using the same approach as:

-- Player file:
player = {}
return player

-- Main file
local player = require 'player'

Can this be done in some way?

Right now I have:

-- Map generation
function mapGen(t)
   -- Make map and return t
end

Instead of:

-- Main file

require 'mapGen'

How do I go about this?

Posted: **Fri May 08, 2015 6:21 pm**

First, don't forget to do this:

-- Player file:
local player = {}
return player

(Note the "local".)

Second, I'm not exactly sure, but I think you want something like this:

--map.lua
local map = {}

function map.generate(t)
   -- Make map and return t
end

return map

--some other module
loca map = require 'map'

...

... = map.generate(...)

Or if your module only needs a single function, you could choose to do something like:

--mapGen.lua
local function mapGen(t)
   -- Make map and return t
end

return mapGen

--some other module
loca mapGen = require 'mapGen'

...

... = mapGen(...)

Posted: **Fri May 08, 2015 6:27 pm**

That's cool. I can return functions as well. I'll add a local to the external files. Awesome.

Questions about require, calling tables from files.