Attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)

[Nixola]

I've got this code:

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local gui = {}
gui.load = function(self)
	self.__checkboxes = {}
	self.__labels = {}
	self.__buttons = {}
	self.__drawables = {'checkboxes', 'labels', 'buttons'}
	self.__clickables = {'checkboxes', 'buttons'}
end
gui:load()

And it throws me that error (Attempt to index local 'self' (a nil value)) at line 3, even without calling the function (gui:load()). Am I doing something wrong?

[TechnoCat]

There is more to this story than you are telling:
http://codepad.org/Hm0w1iA1

[Nixola]

I didn't see some lines (I actually commented out things instead of deleting them), here are my files:
gui.lua

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local gui = {}
gui.load = function(self)
	self.__checkboxes = {}
	self.__labels = {}
	self.__buttons = {}
	self.__drawables = {'checkboxes', 'labels', 'buttons'}
	self.__clickables = {'checkboxes', 'buttons'}
end

gui.erase = function(self)
	self.load()
end

return gui

main.lua

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gui = require 'gui'
function love.load()
  gui:erase()
end

.love

gui.love

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EDIT: I hate typos.
Semicolon instead of dot inside gui.erase() (as it was supposed to be) fixed it.

[rokit boy]

I didn't see some lines (I actually commented out things instead of deleting them), here are my files:
gui.lua

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local gui = {}
gui.load = function(self)
	self.__checkboxes = {}
	self.__labels = {}
	self.__buttons = {}
	self.__drawables = {'checkboxes', 'labels', 'buttons'}
	self.__clickables = {'checkboxes', 'buttons'}
end

gui.erase = function(self)
	self.load()
end

return gui

main.lua

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gui = require 'gui'
function love.load()
  gui:erase()
end

.love

gui.love

EDIT: I hate typos.
Semicolon instead of dot inside gui.erase() (as it was supposed to be) fixed it.

use GUI:load

[Ref]

Not sure what's the issue is here.

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local gui = {}
function gui:load()
   self.__checkboxes = {}
   self.__labels = {}
   self.__buttons = {}
   self.__drawables = {'checkboxes', 'labels', 'buttons'}
   self.__clickables = {'checkboxes', 'buttons'}
end

function gui:erase()
   self:load()
end

gui:erase()
print(gui.__drawables[1]) -- returns checkboxes

This works fine for me.

[Nixola]

The error was 'self.load' in 'gui.erase', it should be 'self:load'

[rokit boy]

The error was 'self.load' in 'gui.erase', it should be 'self:load'

Told ya.