On tick call method in another file

[mazetar]

Let's say I want to have a entity with a long onUpdate function to be called every x ticks.
Could I have that method in a seperate file (ex: EntityMobFile.lua) such that all code related to this entity is eaisly found there and not inside a miles long control.lua?

I assume there must be a simple way to get some organization and sepperation when creating a mod with several entities

psudo code to illustrate my thinking:

int y = 0
game.onevent(defines.events.ontick, function(event)
{

y++
if (x %y )
{
EntityMobFile.onUpdate(someData)
}

}

[gheift]

control.lua

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defines = require "defines"
local mod = require "mod"

script.on_event(defines.events.on_tick, function(event)
    if event.tick % 60 == 0 then -- every second
        return
    end

    mod:update(event)
end)

mod.lua

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local mod = {}

mod.update = function(self, event)
   -- do something here   
end

return mod