# Thread:set

Available since LÖVE 0.8.0
It has been renamed from Thread:send.

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0
It has been moved to the Channel api.

Sets a value in the message box of the thread. The name of the message can be any string. The value of the message can be a boolean, string, number or a LÖVE userdata. Foreign userdata (Lua's files, LuaSocket, ...), functions or tables are not supported.

## Function

### Synopsis

    Thread:set(name, value)

### Arguments

`string name`
  The name of the message.
`boolean, string, number or LÖVE userdata value`
  The contents of the message.

### Returns

None.

## See Also

- Thread
- Thread:get

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Category:

- Functions