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Luau the first coding language I learned: Type intersections for beginners
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Luau the first coding language I learned: Type intersections for beginners

via Dev.to BeginnersBeey3h ago

Table of Contents Introduction What is a type intersection Explained like your 5 Notes Introduction This is the first post in the luau series explaining how to use a type intersection. What is a type intersection A type intersection in luau is Luau's AND operator but for types, an example is: local X = workspace : WaitForChild ( "X" ) :: Part & BasePart & Instance local TypeAnnotation : Part & BasePart & Instance = workspace : WaitForChild ( "TypeAnnotation" ) -- Type annotation You seperate the types and to use the type intersection between types use & Explained like your 5 A type intersection is like when your mom asks you to get a type of book that has two genres: Action and Fiction, Thats basicaly what it is but in real life Notes NOTE : Const has been released in luau(roblox lua) for some developers but it lacks syntax highlighting and autocomplete

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