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This function was added in v1.6 beta and will not work on previous versions.

This function belongs to server scripts and not npcscripts.

The parameter type userdata was added in v1.6 beta 2 and will not work in v1.6 beta.


Description:
This will return a userdata which can be passed to RFC for calling remote functions.


Parameters:

funcname

[string]funcname or [userdata]: The name of a function of the npcscript or userdata returned by F(On the assumption that call to just mentioned F returns a function which is our target function).
This F can be nested indefinitely either in first set of brackets or in the second set of brackets. See Examples


Return Values:
The function returns a userdata.


Example

Server Script

local a = F("format")("My name is %s\n", F("GetMyName")() )
local b = RFC( npcid, "print" )( a );

Related Functions

The following functions may be helpful as they relate to this function in one way or another.

Parameter types supported of the returned closure are:

Numbers/Integers
Float
String
bool true/false
Null null
Vector Vector(x,y,z)
Quaternion Quaternion(x,y,z,w)
Userdata returned by F (Function) F("print")(500)
See F
Array

The following parameter types are not supported:

Blob
Class Instances other than Vector or Quaternion