# Getting started

### Function identification

Before all functions and hooks you will find small symbols. They describe what kind of entry it is and on which side it runs.

* 🟦 **Serverside**
* 🟧 **Clientside**
* 🟦🟧**Shared**
* **🪝🟧/🟦  Hook**

**Example**

```
serversidefunction(string name)
```

#### Metatable prefixes

Some functions contain a prefix in front of the function name.

**{P}** - Function belongs to the player metatable and must be called on a player.

**{LS}** - Function belongs to the lightsaber weapon (lightsaber\_plus) and must be called on the weapon entity.

**Examples**

```
{P}:LSP_getPlayer()
{LS}:LSP_isLightsaberActive()
```

#### Parameter types

To make parameters easier to understand, their types are written directly in the function signature.

| Type             | Declaration     | Description                     |
| ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------- |
| string           | string          | Normal text value (e.g. "text") |
| integer / number | integer, number | Whole numbers                   |
| float            | float           | Numbers with decimal places     |
| player           | PLAYER          | Player metatable                |
| table            | table           | Lua table                       |
| vector           | vector          | Vector table                    |
| angle            | angle           | Angle table                     |


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