what are metatables?

[upbeat dock]

can't understand metatables

[spare hill]

** You are now Level 5! **

[woeful rose]

Tables but with meta as a prefix

[dreamy thicket]

netatables are basically methods that u can use for tables search up in documation for the methods you can use.

[upbeat dock]

so all it does is find a table?

[dreamy thicket]

it takes in a table and then you set that table to a method and thats how you can use it

[upbeat dock]

a method of what

[hearty forum]

metatables are tables that contain special functions of which run when certain events occur

So if you attach the metatable to another table, actions on that table will run whats in the metatable

https://create.roblox.com/docs/luau/metatables

[glacial tide]

metatables are attachable tables of metamethods

hope this helps 🙏

[mellow umbra]

next question forum is gonna be what is metamethods

ggs

[upbeat dock]

what are metamethods :)) sorry im new to all of this

[mellow umbra]

pre-fired it

[hearty forum]

From the docs:

Metamethods are the functions that are stored inside a metatable. They can go from calling a table, to adding a table, to even dividing tables as well. Here's the list of available metamethods:

[glacial tide]

metamethods are the members of metatables

hope this hgelps…..

[mellow umbra]

💔

pretty sure this all goes into the methods of a module

. and : i think so

i forgot

its 5 am

😂 ✌️

[mellow umbra]

the only real difference between these two is : automatically has a self in it

[upbeat dock]

oh guys i have a commision for admin commands so how do you get access to the chat like if you said !kick in chat it'd kick the player

[mellow umbra]

this is how you would usually see it meaning that if you use self these would show up as an option

[upbeat dock]

looks like your a pro scripter 😉

[mellow umbra]

player.Chatted

or something

idk

[mellow umbra]

im not

lol

[upbeat dock]

oh i did not now that

[upbeat dock]

when did u start learning

[upbeat dock]

and my stupid ahh cant even understand this

[mellow umbra]

i dont really know a way to explain this other than its basically a table but complicated

[upbeat dock]

oh yea i should've waited till i was smarter to learn scripting 😭

[mellow umbra]

im sleepy as fuck

dont mind me

[gloomy garden]

metatable is a table on a table

[upbeat dock]

fr

[mellow umbra]

you dont really need to like be smarter to learn scripting

[gloomy garden]

basically when you perform certain actions on a table it checks for a metatable on the table and for the metamethod

[mellow umbra]

you just have to understand it

and actually know when to use it

from my experience

[gloomy garden]

so if you try to use division symbol on a table itd check for the __div metamethod

[bright pebble]

That’s inheritance, no?

[upbeat dock]

well i started learning since 2022 and my stupid ahh cant make a button simulator or calculate a rebirth button multiplier

[mellow umbra]

idk brodie im sleepy as fuck i can barely read my fuck ass scripts

[bright pebble]

All good

[mellow umbra]

so your weaknesses are just math

[bright pebble]

You want to know how to use metatables?

Or how to know them

[upbeat dock]

yes pleasee anything

[bright pebble]

Well a good example is a fantasy game with many playable characters like knights, healer etc..

[upbeat dock]

oh so for like a fighting game

[bright pebble]

The knight and healer are both characters

[upbeat dock]

mhmm

[bright pebble]

So you create a class named character , and you apply common traits like health, speed , etc..

[upbeat dock]

ohhhhh i seee

[bright pebble]

After that you specify things depending on your needs, for example you want your knight to have more health then the healer, so you create another class (sub-class) named knight, then you inherit the characteristics of the character class (like health) and you override it with what you want

[bright pebble]

The only thing you need to do is understand the syntaxe and you’ll be good

[upbeat dock]

yea im not really good at that either

[bright pebble]

It can differ depending on programming languages, but the core concept stays the same

[proven forge]

HI guys, anyone here familiar with text filtering ?

[glacial tide]

this doesn’t have anything to do with metatables just so U know…… lol

[bright pebble]

You can look it up on the wiki

[bright pebble]

Classes are derived from metatables

[gloomy garden]

(theyre not )

[glacial tide]

they arent

[bright pebble]

I explained the concept used in programming languages

[spare hill]

** You are now Level 3! **

[bright pebble]

The concept is, but it can differ depending on programming languages but it uses OOP too

Well that’s how I learned them

[glacial tide]

i suppose you learned incorrectly, then..:

[bright pebble]

And to specify he wanted to know how to use them

That’s why I gave a specific example that probably don’t align with its real functionality

[glacial tide]

what

[bright pebble]

…

[bright pebble]

He wanted an example so I gave him a simple one

[glacial tide]

the example you gave doesn’t have anything to do with metatables

[bright pebble]

Metatables are used to implant OOP

I could’ve gone into details, but he wanted a simple example for its use

[glacial tide]

the example you gave doesn’t have anything to do with metatables

[bright pebble]

Metatables are used to implement OOP, I gave a basic example on it, so yeah it does have to do something with metatables

[glacial tide]

tell me where a metatable was used in the example you provided

[bright pebble]

Buddy I said I didn’t go into the details, I gave a general example of its use

[glacial tide]

ohhhhh its ragebait

you got me for a bit...

[bright pebble]

You can make classes with metatables

[glacial tide]

you can indeed, which is not what you did

[bright pebble]

In the example I said that

[bright pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-cat-is-this-bait-cat-is-this-ragebait-gif-10902073105296387701

[glacial tide]

what you said previously, that "metatables are classes" is simply not true.

you should probably look over OOP fundementals and what exactly a class means again

[bright pebble]

Yeah derived from metatables

[bright pebble]

No need

[glacial tide]

you can create classes without metatables.

the reason we use metatables in luau is to avoid allocating storage to duplicate methods

which do not exist in the example you provided, since it's a basic table of class stats

[bright pebble]

Good luck making inheritance and shared methods

I mainly use metatables for that feature

[glacial tide]

I feel as though you're just ignoring everything I'm saying, so im just gonna go overdose on cocaine

[bright pebble]

Not really the example I gave was about inheritance too

Thats a use for metatables too

[bright pebble]

You said that the example didn’t provide duplicated methods

[glacial tide]

your example contains no methods, and thus, has no need for a metatable - a table of metamethods

[bright pebble]

Bro

Like I said I didn’t go over the details I just gave a general use for metatables

Such has using them to implement OOP

[glacial tide]

so you gave an example of metatables... while using no methods

I see.

[bright pebble]

Bro wanted me to explain metamethods before giving an example of its use

[glacial tide]

what

[bright pebble]

Explaining why metatables are used before explaining how

[glacial tide]

you explained neither, as I've said many times before

your example contained no methods, and thus, had no need for a metatable

[bright pebble]

I gave an example why it’s used ; to do OOP classes , methods, inheritance , etc..

[spare hill]

** You are now Level 4! **

[bright pebble]

But indirectly

[glacial tide]

you told him how to store statistics for different characters such as damage, hp and speed

[bright pebble]

Yeah attributes

[glacial tide]

this has nothing to do with OOP or metatables

this is just basic data

[bright pebble]

Attributes are not OOP?

[glacial tide]

no

OOP is a paradigm

[bright pebble]

[glacial tide]

simply using objects, or features of objects, does not automatically make your code "OOP"

[bright pebble]

So I guess my teacher is wrong

Let me go tell him that

[glacial tide]

more likely you weren't paying attention in class

[bright pebble]

Dont worry

Attributes are a fundamental concept in OOP

[glacial tide]

correct

[gloomy garden]

And an F in practice

[bright pebble]

I guess attributes are not a part of OOP now

[gloomy garden]

Notice how I didn't say anything about your argument

[bright pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-cat-is-this-bait-cat-is-this-ragebait-gif-10902073105296387701

[gloomy garden]

This guy is just not a master debater

[bright pebble]

Im not the best at English

[gloomy garden]

Henceforth, simply just respond in lua. I will understand you

[spare hill]

** You are now Level 5! **

[bright pebble]

HelloWorld(print)

[gloomy garden]

;compile

[wintry dagger]

Critical error:

You must attach a code-block containing code to your message or reply to a message that has one.

Requested by: cirnoto

[bright pebble]

printHello(world)

That should work

[bright pebble]

;compile

[wintry dagger]

Critical error:

You must attach a code-block containing code to your message or reply to a message that has one.

Requested by: mevsst

[gloomy garden]

@bright pebble ok I'm gonna ask you two questions ok

Your two responses are "yes" and "no", you can only use each response a single time

Does that sound good

@bright pebble

[bright pebble]

Go ahead

[gloomy garden]

Are you gay

[bright pebble]

Hmm

[gloomy garden]

Remember only yes or no

[bright pebble]

No

[gloomy garden]

Are you lying?

[bright pebble]

No

[gloomy garden]

You already used "no" btw

Your only option is "yes"

[bright pebble]

What kind rule is that

[gloomy garden]

You agreed to it before I asked

Remember

[glacial tide]

that's true

[bright pebble]

Dang