defineFunction

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defineFunction() Function

 Note: This function can only be used in a Trusted Macro

• Introduced in version 1.3b51

Defines a user function that can be used anywhere that core functions can be used. A user defined function is a link to another macro. A special macro labeled onCampaignLoad is useful for defining functions upon the loading of your campaign.

Usage

defineFunction(function, macro)

defineFunction(function, macro, ignoreOutput)

defineFunction(function, macro, ignoreOutput, newScope)

Parameters

• function - The name of the user defined function to be defined.
• macro - The name and location of the macro that is called when the user defined function is used.
• ignoreOutput - If the defined function should ignore all output and only return the value of macro.return, defaults to false(0).
• newScope - If the defined function should create a new variable scope when executed, defaults to true(1). A new variable scope means that the defined function can only read the variables of the macro that called it; if you do not create a new scope the defined function can read, update, and create variables in its parent's variable scope. Updating variables in the parent's scope includes over-writing any parameters that a parent might have stored within arg(), if a user-defined function that does not create a new scope is called within another user-defined function.

Example

[h: defineFunction("character.heal", "heal@Lib:Character")]

Defines a function character.heal() which calls heal@Lib:Character when evoked.

Should you pass on any arguments e.g.

[h: character.heal("hello", "hi")]

then these parameters can be accessed inside character.heal() by using

[h: firstArg = arg(0)]
[h: theOtherOne = arg(1)]

See Also

oldFunction(),

arg(), argCount(),

onCampaignLoad

Version Changes

• 1.3b56 - Added ignoreOutput and newScope parameter options.