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[Flammable Apple]

So, I might just be stupid but I'm working on a project and for organization I made multiple lua files. On of them, load.lua contains a function called fontSetup() and a few other functions on main.lua I've got:

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function love.load()
    love.filesystem.load("load.lua")
    love.filesystem.load("draw.lua")
    love.filesystem.load("variables.lua")
    
    fontSetup()
    physicsSetup()
    windowSetup()
end

Later I call fontSetup() and it returns "nil".

I might just be stupid or not looking hard enough but I can't figure out why love.filesystem.load("load.lua") won't work.

[pgimeno]

So, I might just be stupid but I'm working on a project and for organization I made multiple lua files. On of them, load.lua contains a function called fontSetup() and a few other functions on main.lua I've got:

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function love.load()
    love.filesystem.load("load.lua")
    love.filesystem.load("draw.lua")
    love.filesystem.load("variables.lua")
    
    fontSetup()
    physicsSetup()
    windowSetup()
end

Later I call fontSetup() and it returns "nil".

I might just be stupid or not looking hard enough but I can't figure out why love.filesystem.load("load.lua") won't work.

Hi, welcome to the forums.

In order for your file to define the functions you want, you need to run it. But as stated in the love.filesystem.load documentation, "Loads a Lua file (but does not run it)." (bolding added).

Just write it like this:

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    love.filesystem.load("load.lua")()
    love.filesystem.load("draw.lua")()
    love.filesystem.load("variables.lua")()

Note the () at the end. Since it returns a function, adding () forces a call to the function, which effectively runs the file. Alternatively, you could do it like this:

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    local load = love.filesystem.load("load.lua")
    load()

and similarly for the other files, but it's simpler if you just append the (), isn't it?

[Flammable Apple]

Okay, thank you.

[dusoft]

Just use the standard require function.
https://www.lua.org/pil/8.1.html

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require "load"

etc.