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<function name="setlocal" parent="debug" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ <removed>This function was removed due to security concerns.</removed>⤶ ⤶ Sets a local variable's value.⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="thread" type="thread" default="Current Thread">The thread</arg>⤶ <arg name="level" type="number">The level above the thread. &#xA;0 is the function that was called (most always this function)&#x27;s arguments&#xA;&#xA;1 is the thread that had called this function.&#xA;&#xA;2 is the thread that had called the function that started the thread that called this function.</arg>⤶ <arg name="index" type="number">The variable&#x27;s index you want to get.&#xA;&#xA;1 = the first local defined in the thread&#xA;&#xA;2 = the second local defined in the thread</arg>⤶ <arg name="value" type="any" default="nil">The value to set the local to</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="string">The name of the local variable if the local at the index exists, otherwise nil is returned.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Prints the local variables, sets them, then prints the variables again.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ local var1 = "Luke, I am not your father."⤶ local var2 = "PMFPMF"⤶ ⤶ (function()⤶ print("Getting the locals now!")⤶ PrintTable({debug.getlocal(2, 1)})⤶ PrintTable({debug.getlocal(2, 2)})⤶ ⤶ print("\nSetting the locals now!")⤶ print(debug.setlocal(2, 1, "I'm actually your mother."))⤶ print(debug.setlocal(2, 2, "Chemo-chi"))⤶ print(debug.setlocal(2, 3, "nil should be returned here!"))⤶ ⤶ print("\nHere are the locals after being set!")⤶ PrintTable({debug.getlocal(2, 1)})⤶ PrintTable({debug.getlocal(2, 2)})⤶ end)()⤶ </code>⤶ <output>⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ Getting the locals now!⤶ 1 = var1⤶ 2 = Luke, I am not your father.⤶ 1 = var2⤶ 2 = PMFPMF⤶ ⤶ Setting the locals now!⤶ var1⤶ var2⤶ nil⤶ ⤶ Here are the locals after being set!⤶ 1 = var1⤶ 2 = I'm actually your mother.⤶ 1 = var2⤶ 2 = Chemo-chi⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ </output>⤶ ⤶ </example>