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<function name="getmetatable" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Returns the metatable of an object. This function obeys the metatable's __metatable field, and will return that field if the metatable has it set.⤶ ⤶ Use <page>debug.getmetatable</page> if you want the true metatable of the object.⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="object" type="any">The value to return the metatable of.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="any">The metatable of the value. This is not always a table.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Use a table's metatable and alter it.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ print(getmetatable(Pupil).__index.GetName(Pupil))⤶ -- getmetatable(Pupil) will return Pupil_meta.⤶ -- Same as print(Pupil:GetName())⤶ -- This is what the Lua interpreter basically does. (When __index is a table.)⤶ ⤶ getmetatable(Pupil).SetName = function(self, newName)⤶ self.name = newName⤶ end⤶ -- We're adding a new method to Pupil's metatable⤶ ⤶ print(getmetatable(Pupil).GetName(Pupil))⤶ -- Still the same, because Pupil_meta.__index is Pupil_meta.⤶ </code>⤶ <output>"John Doe"</output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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