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getreg

getreg returns the Luau registry table. The registry is a special table which is used internally to store references like threads, functions, and data shared between C and Luau (userdata).

function getreg(): { [any]: any }

Parameters

Parameter Description
(none) This function takes no parameters.

Example

Closing a thread via getreg
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local loop_thread = task.spawn(function()
    while task.wait(1) do
        print("I am still running...")
    end
end)

task.wait(0.2) -- Let the loop run for a bit

for _, value in pairs(getreg()) do
    if value ~= loop_thread then continue end

    print(`Found loop thread: {loop_thread}`) -- Should print
    coroutine.close(loop_thread) -- Should close the thread

    break
end