getthreadidentity

Returns the identity for the current Luau thread, or for the first argument when that argument is a thread. Returned identities are 1 through 12; other stored values return 0.

Syntax

getthreadidentity(thread?: thread): integer

Aliases

get_thread_identity
getidentity
getthreadcaps
getthreadcontext
get_thread_context

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
`thread`	`thread`	No	Optional Luau thread to inspect. If omitted, or if the first argument is not a thread, the current thread is inspected.

Returns

Name	Type	Description
`identity`	`integer`	Thread identity from 1 through 12, or 0 for other stored values.

Example

Read the identity from the current Luau thread, or from a thread argument when one is provided.

local currentIdentity = getthreadidentity()
print(currentIdentity)

local thread = coroutine.create(function()
end)

print(getthreadidentity(thread))

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