WoW:API setglobal: Difference between revisions

WoW:API setglobal (source)

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→‎Details: Explain how getfenv() works equally well

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 == Example ==
-<!-- If it helps, include an example here, though it's not required if the usage is self-explanatory -->
+ script setglobal( "MyVariable", 1234 );
-script setglobal( "MyVariable", 1234 );
-====Result====
+=== Result ===
-<!-- If it helps, include example results here, though they are not required. You're allowed to cheat liberally since WoW isn't a command line language. -->
   MyVariable = 1234
-<!--==Details==
+== Details ==
- Details not appropriate for the main description can go here.
-     REMOVE the section if you're just going to restate the intro line!
-: Does something particularly detailed. -->
+As of the introduction of [[API getfenv|getfenv]]() into the API, setglobal() and [[API getglobal|getglobal]]() are somewhat superfluous. You can always do something along the lines of:
+  local globalenv = getfenv();
+  local prevval = globalenv["MyVariable"];   ''-- "getglobal()"''
--[[User:Tigerheart|Tigerheart]] 21:42, 30 June 2006 (EDT)
+  globalenv["MyVariable"] = 1234;            ''-- "setglobal()"''