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Entity:DTVar#563386
<function name="DTVar" parent="Entity" type="classfunc">
<description>
<internal><br/><br/>You should use <page>Entity:NetworkVar</page> instead</internal>
Sets up a self.dt.NAME alias for a Data Table variable.
</description>
<realm>Shared</realm>
<args>
<arg name="Type" type="string">The type of the DTVar being set up. It can be one of the following: 'Int', 'Float', 'Vector', 'Angle', 'Bool', 'Entity' or 'String'</arg>⤶
<arg name="ID" type="number">The ID of the DTVar. Can be between 0 and 3 for strings, 0 and 31 for everything else.</arg>⤶
<arg name="Name" type="string">Name by which you will refer to DTVar. It must be a valid variable name. (No spaces!)</arg>⤶
<arg name="type" type="string">The type of the DTVar being set up. Supported choices:⤶
⤶
* `String` (up to 511 characters)⤶
* `Bool`⤶
* `Float`⤶
* `Int` (32-bit signed integer)⤶
* `Vector`⤶
* `Angle`⤶
* `Entity`</arg>⤶
<arg name="slot" type="number">The ID of the DTVar. Can be between `0` and `3` for strings, `0` and `31` for everything else.⤶
⤶
This can be omitted entirely (arguments will shift) and it will use the next available slot.</arg>⤶
<arg name="name" type="string">Name by which you will refer to DTVar. It must be a valid variable name. (No spaces!)</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<args name="Slot argument is omitted">⤶
<arg name="type" type="string">The type of the DTVar being set up. Supported choices:⤶
⤶
* `String` (up to 511 characters)⤶
* `Bool`⤶
* `Float`⤶
* `Int` (32-bit signed integer)⤶
* `Vector`⤶
* `Angle`⤶
* `Entity`</arg>⤶
<arg name="name" type="string">Name by which you will refer to DTVar. It must be a valid variable name. (No spaces!)</arg>⤶
</args>
</function>
<example>
<description>Sets up two float networked variables, **TargetZ** and **Speed**</description>
<code>
function ENT:SetupDataTables()
self:DTVar( "Float", 0, "TargetZ" )
self:DTVar( "Float", 1, "Speed" )
end
</code>
</example>