<function name="FindMetaTable" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns the meta table for the class with the matching name. Internally returns <page>debug.getregistry</page>()[metaName] You can learn more about meta tables on the <page>Meta Tables</page> page. You can find a list of meta tables that can be retrieved with this function on <page>Enums/TYPE</page>. The name in the description is the string to use with this function. </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="metaName" type="string">The object type to retrieve the meta table of.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">The corresponding meta table.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Adds a very simple function for checking if a player is sick to the player metatable.</description> <code> local meta = FindMetaTable("Player") function meta:IsSick() return true end -- Sometime later... local ply = Entity(1) if ( ply:IsSick() ) then ply:ChatPrint( "Get well soon, " .. ply:Nick() .. "!" ) ply:ChatPrint( "I just don't understand how you're always sick..." ) end </code> <outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth>⤶ <output> ```⤶ Get well soon, Player1! I just don't understand how you're always sick... ```⤶ </output> </example>