go, want, get, grab [189]

You might have wondered what the "go", "want", "get" and "grab" functions in the API are for. Well, it's easy: They're all synonyms :) [Originally, I wanted to call the function "in", but sadly, that is a keyword in Lua.]

It's just one of the most-used functions in TinyBrain: Including another snippet. You just pass the snippet ID and the snippet is loaded and expands into you current context.

For example, both of these statements have the same result:

  get("#175")
  go(175)

The former is a little better because it automatically turns the #175 into a link in the program listing. Function-wise, there's no difference.

Each of these statements gives you the "tableToString" function which is defined in #175.

If you want to run the included snippets in a separate sandbox, you can pass the sandbox as a second argument:

  env = newCleanEnv()
  get("#175", env)
  assert(env.tableToString)

newCleanEnv means the included snippet does not see any of the variables or functions you define in your snippet. Safety is our first goal! :-)

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Snippet ID:	#189
Snippet name:	go, want, get, grab
Eternal ID of this version:	#189/1
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Author:	stefan
Category:	official documents
Type:	Document
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Created/modified:	2014-01-19 01:22:08
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1	You might have wondered what the "go", "want", "get" and "grab" functions in the API are for. Well, it's easy: They're all synonyms :) [Originally, I wanted to call the function "in", but sadly, that is a keyword in Lua.]
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3	It's just one of the most-used functions in TinyBrain: Including another snippet. You just pass the snippet ID and the snippet is loaded and expands into you current context.
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5	For example, both of these statements have the same result:
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7	get("#175")
8	go(175)
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10	The former is a little better because it automatically turns the #175 into a link in the program listing. Function-wise, there's no difference.
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12	Each of these statements gives you the "tableToString" function which is defined in #175.
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14	If you want to run the included snippets in a separate sandbox, you can pass the sandbox as a second argument:
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16	env = newCleanEnv()
17	get("#175", env)
18	assert(env.tableToString)
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20	newCleanEnv means the included snippet does not see any of the variables or functions you define in your snippet. Safety is our first goal! :-)