setrawmetatable

Sets the metatable for a target value and returns the original target. metatable must be a table or nil; nil clears the metatable. debug.setmethods is an alias for setrawmethods.

Syntax

setrawmetatable(target: any, metatable: table | nil): any

Aliases

debug.setmetatable

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
`target`	`any`	Yes	Value whose metatable is changed.
`metatable`	`table \| nil`	Yes	New metatable, or nil to clear the metatable. Other types raise “nil or table”.

Returns

Name	Type	Description
`target`	`any`	The original target value.

Example

Set or clear a value’s metatable and receive the target back.

local target = {}
local meta = { label = "Real" }

local returned = setrawmetatable(target, meta)
print(returned == target)
print(getrawmetatable(target) == meta)

debug.setmetatable(target, nil)
print(getrawmetatable(target))

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