Inspect

2017-12-08T12:06:14Z

Wherry: /* Syntax */

{{Server client function}}
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This function returns human-readable representations of tables and MTA datatypes as a string.
}}

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
string inspect ( mixed var [, table options] )
</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
*'''var:''' A variable of any datatype.
*'''options:''' A table of options. It is not mandatory, but when it is provided, it must be a table. For a list of options, see the [https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua#options Inspect's GitHub page].

===Returns===
Always returns a string.

==Example==
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
This example draws the contents of a table and its data type:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
local Table = {
["matrix"] = {position = {getElementPosition(localPlayer)},rotation = {getElementRotation( localPlayer )}},
["localplayer"] = getPlayerName(localPlayer),
}

addEventHandler("onClientRender",root,
function( )
dxDrawText(inspect(Table),10,250)
end
)
</syntaxhighlight>
This is an example of what it should look like:
[[File:InspectReturn.png|frame|none]]
</section>

==See Also==
{{Utility functions}}

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