.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: _g

.. _g:

_g
==

.. us.tag  _g NOTREADYENGLISH Programming New5300

The :ref:`_g <g>` function returns a reference to a global UniScript object.

.. function::  o = _g()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*o* is a UniScript object created a startup.

.. us.comment

**Comment**

The object can be used to access variables instead of using global variables.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   def my_init_func_old()
   {
       global my_init;

       if (my_init == 1) {
           return;
       }
       do_my_init();
       my_init = 1;
   }
        

   def my_init_func_new()
   {
       if (_g().my_init == 1) {
           return;
       }
       do_my_init();
       _g().my_init = 1;
   }

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.30
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`,
   :ref:`overview-uniscript-objects`

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