var.monitor

var.monitor is a function that is part of the Var Library.

This function turns on monitoring of a variable (given in the arguments). When another script/program modifies the variable it will trigger on.varChange.

Syntax

var.monitor(varname)
starts monitoring the variable varname (must be a string).

Example

function on.create()
	var.monitor("sol")
	--turn monitoring on for the variable "sol"
end

function on.varChange(list)
	--The variable got changed!
	return 0 -- allow the change
end

See also

• var.list
  
• var.recall
  
• var.recallstr
  
• var.store
  
• var.unmonitor