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== Other Languages ==
 
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Revision as of 07:09, 30 March 2013

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Retrieves the value of a message and removes it from the thread channels message queue. The name of the message can be any string. The value of the message can be a boolean, string, number or a LÖVE userdata. It waits until a message is in the queue then returns the message value.

Function

Synopsis

value = Channel:demand( name )

Arguments

string name
The name of the message.

Returns

boolean, number, string or LÖVE userdata value
The contents of the message.

See Also

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