how do I load lua files?

[xThomas]

I know its a dumb question but I've been looking it up and don't understand how to do this

I've tried

love.filesystem.load("button.lua()")
love.filesystem.load("button.lua")
love.filesystem.load("button.lua"())
love.filesystem.load(button.lua)
love.filesystem.load("class.lua")

etcetera

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In a folder, I have three lua files: main.lua, button.lua, class.lua

I run it by dragging and dropping on Love2d. I don't really know what I'm supposed to do.

[grump]

love.filesystem.load("button.lua")

That should work and return a chunk you can execute:

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local button, errmsg = love.filesystem.load("button.lua")
assert(button, errmsg) -- prints error message if an error occured
button() -- execute the lua file
 

This works, but what you probably want is the require function:

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-- load button.lua from the current folder, execute it and assign the result to button
local button = require("button")

That's how you usually load modules, and it even makes sure the file gets loaded only once.

[zorg]

Have you read the wiki page on [wikilove.filesystem.load[/wiki] yet? It clearly explains everything.

Also, you don't need to use that if you don't want to, you can always just require in files:

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local someModule = require(path.to.somemodulewithoutextension)
-- or if it contains globals only, though it's bad practice:
require(someothermodulewithoutextension)

Do note that you need to use dots in require, and you need to not write the file extension.

But if you do want to use l.fs.load, then:

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local Button = love.filesystem.load('button.lua')()

is the quickest solution, though it's not the safest method; the wiki page explains it in more detail.

(Also curse you grump, if there hadn't been a keyboard shortcut that logged me out, my post would have been the first : P)

[xThomas]

Thx guys it works now ps I did check the wiki, I am just extraordinarily bad at understanding documentation

[brogrammer]

use require not loadfile