Library Help

[tlf30 0]

Hello, I am somewhat new to openComputers and need a little help with how libraries work.

 

I have read the library tutorial and that was very helpful.

 

My library is structured like so

local lib = {}

function lib.fun1() {
    print("It worked!")
}

return lib

I placed the lib in the /lib folder under the name libname.lua, and made a program that used the lib like so:

local l0 = require("libname")
l0.fun1()

But I am getting the error:

/lib/test.lua:2: attempt to index local 'libname' (a boolean value)

 

I am not sure what I am doing wrong and would love some help.

 

Thanks,

tlf30

[Sangar 92]

function lib.fun1() {
print("It worked!")
}

 

That's not valid Lua. So it'll fail loading the library - you can use

local lib, reason = require("libname")
if not lib then print(reason) return end

To print the error and "soft fail", or

local lib = assert(require("libname"))

to generate an error if the lib fails to load.

 

You may need to reboot when changing the library or manually unload it (package.loaded["libname"] = nil) or the system will re-use a cached version.

[MaximilianVINCENT 8]

I believe

 

function lib.fun1()

   print("It worked!")

end

 

is correct.

[tlf30 0]

Sorry, I do a lot of C programming and get confused. Rebooting the computer fixed the problem, thank you.