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<h1>lives</h1>
<p>This variable is <b>global</b> in scope and is used to hold a numeric value which is usually used for the player lives. This variable is only designed to support legacy projects from previous versions of <i>GameMaker</i> and should <b><i>not be used in new projects</i></b> as it may be deprecated in the future.</p>
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<h4>Syntax:</h4>
<p class="code">lives;</p>
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<h4>Returns:</h4>
<p class="code">Real (single precision floating point value)</p>
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<h4>Example</h4>
<p class="code">if (lives < 5)<br/> {<br/> lives += 1;<br/> }</p>
<p>The above code checks the <span class="inline">lives</span> variable and if it is less than 5, 1 is added to it.</p>
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