Global Variables
Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's Lua journey — lesson 83 of 90.
Global variable by default. This means the variable can be accessed and used from anywhere in your script.
Here's how you create a global variable:
playerName = "Alex"
score = 100Both playerName and score are global variables because they were declared without the local keyword. Once created, these variables can be accessed from any part of your program - inside functions, loops, or anywhere else in your script.
Cheat sheet
Variables in Lua are global by default and can be accessed from anywhere in your script:
playerName = "Alex"
score = 100These global variables can be used inside functions, loops, or anywhere else in your program.
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