Lua - self? I kind of sort of understand "self"...

[heyvern]

There are several tables that hold all the bone info. Just trying to figure out how they are used in the two separate copy/paste scripts so I can combine them.

I finally got my script working except none of the bone attributes are being applied at the end... I think because of this incorrect reference to the big table with all the stuff in it. I don't get an error so I think there are two tables being created with the same name.

For instance:

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self.pasteOptions

and

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HV_PasteBones.pasteOptions

I know that originally the the name of the table variable was needed to be accessed and used by the second paste script. Everything happens in one script now.

Is this the same thing? I need to create new bones on a layer from the table and then apply the attributes copied from the other layer from this same table to the new bones.

If the table itself is used both for copying and pasting do I need to use "self" at all?

I will probably figure this out 5 minutes after posting... but it gets my brain rolling to write it down.

-vern

[Rasheed]

Please, carefully read chapter 16 of Programming in Lua. This introduces you to the concept of self.

I cannot give good advice at this moment, because I haven't studied beyond chapter 2 yet. I'm a slow learner.