WoW API: setglobal

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Set a global variable, from a string.

setglobal( "globalName", value );

Parameters

Arguments

("globalName", value)

globalName

String - Name of the global you want to change.

value

Any - Value you want to set the global to.

Returns

Always returns nil.

Example

script setglobal( "MyVariable", 1234 );

Result

MyVariable = 1234

Details

As of the introduction of getfenv() into the API, setglobal() and getglobal() are somewhat superfluous. You can always do something along the lines of:

 local globalenv = getfenv();
 local prevval = globalenv["MyVariable"];   -- "getglobal()"
 globalenv["MyVariable"] = 1234;            -- "setglobal()"

Since calling a function always requires some extra overhead, it's most likely a better idea to not use setglobal and getglobal, but to use the global environment (as above) instead.