<function name="IsValid" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns whether an object is valid or not. (Such as <page text="entities">Entity</page>, <page>Panel</page>s, custom <page>table</page> objects and more). Checks that an object is not <page>nil</page>, has an `IsValid` method and if this method returns `true`. If the object has no `IsValid` method, it will return `false`. ⤶ <note>Due to vehicles being technically valid the moment they're spawned, also use <page>Vehicle:IsValidVehicle</page> to make sure they're fully initialized.</note> ⤶ <note>If you are sure that the object you are about to check is not `nil` and has the `IsValid` method, it would be more faster to call it directly rather than using `IsValid`.</note> <note>Due to vehicles being technically valid the moment they're spawned, also use <page>Vehicle:IsValidVehicle</page> to make sure they're fully initialized.</note>⤶ </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="244-L253">lua/includes/util.lua</file> <args> <arg name="toBeValidated" type="any">The table or object to be validated.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">True if the object is valid.</ret> </rets> </function>