Thread by @notactulurus

📌 Daily #Roblox scripting thread 2!

🗄️ VARIABLES 🗂️

👇 A #RobloxDev thread!

Variables - their purpose is to store data inside a script. 🗃️

They consist of a name and a value. 🤔

Their name is used to ACCESS the variable (read or write) and their value can be a number, string, boolean or even a table. I'll go over all the types later 👇

The name of a variable can contain any alphanumerical characters, but must NOT START with a number! 🔢

It can also include an underscore ➖

As covered above, a variable's value can be of any type - a string or number, a table or function and even an Instance like a part or a button! 👍

Here are all all the common types 👇

Number, 🔢
String - a sequence of letters 🔤
Table - a list of indexes and values 1️⃣🅰️
Function, 📞
Boolean - true or false ✅❌
Instance - any in-game object 🌲
Nil ⚪

What are local variables? 🔴

Local variables are used to not fill up the Global Namespace with unnecessary garbage 🗑️

But to understand that, we first need to know what Global Namespace means 👇

You cannot have two variables with the same name. If you try to declare a variable that already exists, it'll simply overwrite the previous one. ❌

But what about functions and loops?

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When you declare a LOCAL variable inside a function/loop, that variable is not accessible outside of the function, only inside it. 🤔

I am going to make a thread about scope/namespace in the future, but for now, this is the end.

Tomorrow's thread is going to be about TABLES, so if you want to learn more, follow @notactulurus! 🌟

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