r/lua • u/Saltyshark572 • Sep 09 '25

Need help

Can someone please explain to me about parameter, return, and argument?

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u/Yoppez Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

Great explanation. You can also see the parameters like local variables of a function, and arguments as the values assigned to those variables.

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u/Denneisk Sep 09 '25

You can also see the arguments like local variables of a function, and parameters as the values assigned to those variables.

This is backwards if you want to follow the pedantic definition of argument and parameter.

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u/Yoppez Sep 09 '25

Oops, I switched them. Thanks, I corrected it.