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Global.select#511266
<function name="select" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc">⤶
<description>Used to select single values from a vararg or get the count of values in it.</description>⤶
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="parameter" type="any">Can be a <page>number</page> or <page>string</page>.
* If it's a string and starts with "#", the function will return the amount of values in the vararg (ignoring the rest of the string).
* If it's a positive number, the function will return all values starting from the given index.
* If the number is negative, it will return the amount specified from the end instead of the beginning. This mode will not be compiled by LuaJIT.</arg>⤶
<arg name="vararg" type="vararg">The vararg. These are the values from which you want to select.</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<rets>⤶
<ret name="" type="any">Returns a <page>number</page> or <page>vararg</page>, depending on the select method.</ret>⤶
</rets>⤶
</function>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>This code shows how it works with the "#" modifier:</description>⤶
<code>print( select( '#', 'a', true, false, {}, 1 ) )</code>⤶
<output>"5", which is the count of parameters passed excluding the modifier (the "#")</output>⤶
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</example>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>This prints from the 2nd vararg passed to the last</description>⤶
<code>print( select( 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) )</code>⤶
<output>"2 3 4 5" in the console</output>⤶
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</example>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>This prints the last 2 arguments passed</description>⤶
<code>print( select( -2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) )</code>⤶
<output>"4 5" in the console</output>⤶
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</example>
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