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**** "|c" doesn't have the same problem, but will cause the text after it not to show. | **** "|c" doesn't have the same problem, but will cause the text after it not to show. | ||
* Variables | * Variables (not really a "quirk", more like a "need to know"). | ||
** If you declare a variable inside an IF block, | ** If you declare a local variable inside an IF block, it is only available inside that IF block. | ||
*** In Example 1, "Something" will never print. While in Example 2, "Something" does print. | *** In Example 1, "Something" will never print. While in Example 2, "Something" does print. | ||
*** See [[Talk:API_and_scripting_quirks#Variables|Talk]] for more details. | *** See [[Talk:API_and_scripting_quirks#Variables|Talk]] for more details. | ||
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local someOtherVar = true; -- someOtherVar declared inside an IF block. | local someOtherVar = true; -- someOtherVar declared inside an IF block. | ||
end | end | ||
Print(tostring(someOtherVar)); | Print(tostring(someOtherVar)); -- Prints "nil" because the variable does not exist. | ||
if someOtherVar then | if someOtherVar then | ||
Print("Something"); -- This never gets executed. | Print("Something"); -- This never gets executed. | ||
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-- Example 2 | -- Example 2 | ||
local someVar = true; | local someVar = true; | ||
local someOtherVar; -- someOtherVar declared before an IF block. | local someOtherVar; -- someOtherVar declared before (outside) an IF block. | ||
if someVar then | if someVar then | ||
someOtherVar = true; | someOtherVar = true; | ||