<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 &lt;page&gt;number&lt;/page&gt; or &lt;page&gt;string&lt;/page&gt;.&#xA;* If it&#x27;s a string and starts with &quot;#&quot;, the function will return the amount of values in the vararg (ignoring the rest of the string).&#xA;* If it&#x27;s a positive number, the function will return all values starting from the given index.&#xA;* 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="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> <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> </example> <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> </example> <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> </example>