<function name="setlocal" parent="debug" type="libraryfunc"> <description>⤶ <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. 0 is the function that was called (most always this function)'s arguments 1 is the thread that had called this function. 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's index you want to get. 1 = the first local defined in the thread 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>