<function name="Vector" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Creates a <page>Vector</page> object. <warning>This function is very expensive when used in often running hooks or in operations requiring very frequent calls (like loops for example). It is better to store the vector in a variable or to use the [default vectors](https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Global_Variables#misc) available.</warning> <warning>Creating Vectors is relatively expensive when used in often running hooks or in operations requiring very frequent calls (like loops for example) due to object creation and garbage collection. It is better to store the vector in a variable or to use the [default vectors](https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Global_Variables#misc) available. See <page>Vector:Add</page>.</warning> </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="x" type="number" default="0">The x component of the vector. If this is a <page>Vector</page>, this function will return a copy of the given vector. If this is a <page>string</page>, this function will try to parse the string as a vector. If it fails, it returns a 0 vector. (See examples)</arg> <arg name="y" type="number" default="0">The y component of the vector.</arg> <arg name="z" type="number" default="0">The z component of the vector.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="Vector">The created vector object.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Creates a vector and prints the value to the console.</description> <code> print( Vector( 1, 2, 3 ) ) print( Vector( "4 5 6" ) ) local test = Vector( 7, 8, 9 ) print( Vector( test ) ) print( Vector( "4 5 test" ) ) print( Vector() ) </code> <output> ``` 1.000000 2.000000 3.000000 4.000000 5.000000 6.000000 7.000000 8.000000 9.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 ``` </output> </example>