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Variant
Category	Group type
Source	Roblox engine

Variant is a data type used by the engine's API reference to represent any data type, including nil. Luau has a syntax (any) that allows defining a type similar to Variant.

Referenced by

• Instance:GetAttribute
• Instance:GetStyled
• Instance:SetAttribute (value)
• AnalyticsService:FireCustomEvent (customData)
• AnalyticsService:FireEvent (value)
• AnalyticsService:FireInGameEconomyEvent (location, customData)
• AnalyticsService:FireLogEvent (debugInfo, customData)
• AnalyticsService:FirePlayerProgressionEvent (location, statistics, customData)
• Animator:ApplyJointVelocities (motors)
• AvatarEditorService.PromptCreateOutfitCompleted (failureType)
• AvatarEditorService.PromptSaveAvatarThumbnailCustomizationCompleted (failureType)
• StarterGui:SetCore (value)
• StarterGui:GetCore
• Chat:SetBubbleChatSettings (settings)
• Chat.BubbleChatSettingsChanged (settings)
• ChatbotUIService.SettingChangedSignal (value)
• CommandService:Execute
• CommandService:Execute (params)
• CommandService.CommandExecuting (params)
• CoreScriptSyncService:GetScriptFilePath
• DebuggerLuaResponse:GetArg
• GlobalDataStore:IncrementAsync
• GlobalDataStore:SetAsync
• GlobalDataStore:SetAsync (value)
• OrderedDataStore:GetSortedAsync (minValue, maxValue)
• GroupService:GetGroupInfoAsync
• BillboardGui:GetScreenSpaceBounds
• AdGui.adGuiStateChanged (adUIState)
• HttpService:JSONDecode
• HttpService:JSONEncode (input)
• HttpService:GetAsync (url, headers)
• HttpService:PostAsync (url, headers)
• IXPService:RegisterUserLayers (userLayers)
• LocalizationTable:SetEntries (entries)
• MemStorageService:Call
• MemStorageService:Call (input)
• MemoryStoreHashMap:GetAsync
• MemoryStoreHashMap:SetAsync (value)
• MemoryStoreHashMap:UpdateAsync
• MemoryStoreQueue:AddAsync (value)
• MemoryStoreSortedMap:GetRangeAsync (exclusiveLowerBound, exclusiveUpperBound)
• MemoryStoreSortedMap:SetAsync (value, sortKey)
• MessageBusService:Call
• MessageBusService:Call (input)
• MessageBusService:GetLast
• MessageBusService:MakeRequest (message, customTelemetryData)
• MessageBusService:Publish (params)
• MessageBusService:PublishProtocolMethodRequest (message, customTelemetryData)
• MessageBusService:PublishProtocolMethodResponse (message, customTelemetryData)
• MessagingService:PublishAsync (message)
• Plugin:GetItem
• Plugin:GetItem (defaultValue)
• Plugin:GetSetting
• Plugin:SetItem (value)
• Plugin:SetSetting (value)
• ScriptDebugger:GetWatchValue
• ScriptDebugger:SetGlobal (value)
• ScriptDebugger:SetLocal (value)
• ScriptDebugger:SetUpvalue (value)
• ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidChange (changesArray)
• SessionService:GetMetadata
• SessionService:SetMetadata (value)
• StartupMessageService:GetStartupMessage
• StreamingService:GetEphemeralVariable
• StreamingService:InvokeCommand (arg)
• StreamingService:SetEphemeralVariable (value)
• StreamingService:ExecuteCommandAsync
• StreamingService:ExecuteCommandAsync (arg)
• StudioAssetService:ShowSaveToRoblox (assetType)
• StudioAssetService.OnSaveToRoblox (assetType)
• StudioPublishService:PublishAs (publishParameters)
• StyleRule:GetProperty
• StyleRule:GetPropertyResolved
• StyleRule:SetProperty (value)
• TeleportOptions:GetTeleportData
• TeleportOptions:SetTeleportData (teleportData)
• TeleportService:GetLocalPlayerTeleportData
• TeleportService:GetTeleportSetting
• TeleportService:SetTeleportSetting (value)
• TeleportService:Teleport (teleportData)
• TeleportService:TeleportToPlaceInstance (teleportData)
• TeleportService:TeleportToPrivateServer (teleportData)
• TeleportService:TeleportToSpawnByName (teleportData)
• TeleportService:TeleportPartyAsync (teleportData)
• TeleportService.LocalPlayerArrivedFromTeleport (dataTable)
• Translator:FormatByKey (args)
• TweenService:SmoothDamp (current, target, velocity)
• UGCValidationService:GetPropertyValue
• VirtualInputManager:SetInputTypesToIgnore (inputTypesToIgnore)
• PresenceService:GetUsersAsync (removed)
• UserNotificationPayload:GetParameters (removed)
• UserNotificationPayload:SetParameters (parameters) (removed)
• DataStoreService:GetDataFromEmptyScopeDataStoreAsyncTemporary (removed)
• Geometry:IntersectAsync (options) (removed)
• Geometry:SubtractAsync (options) (removed)
• Geometry:UnionAsync (options) (removed)
• ServerReplicator.PropertyFilter (value) (removed)