debug.setupvalue

Replaces the upvalue at the specified index. An error should occur if the index is invalid.

function debug.setupvalue(func: (...any) -> (...any) | number, index: number, value: any): ()

Parameters

• func - The Lua function/level whose upvalue would be set.

• index - The position of the wanted upvalue.

• value - New upvalue replacing the old one.

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Example

local Upvalue = 90

local function DummyFunction()
    Upvalue += 1
    print(Upvalue)
end

DummyFunction() -- Output: 91
debug.setupvalue(DummyFunction, 1, 99)
DummyFunction() -- Output: 100