Nov 20, 2013 · In Lua's case, the language is intended to be an embedded scripting language, so any changes that make the language more complex or potentially make the compiler/runtime …

Because control structures in Lua only consider nil and false to be false, and anything else to be true, this will always enter the if statement, which is not what you want either. There is no way …

Nov 18, 2020 · What does the ~= operator mean in Lua? For example, in the following code: if x ~= params then

Jan 24, 2012 · To anyone with the same sort of doubts about lua's syntax, i'd recommend checking the documentation here and keeping it handy. It'll be useful while learning. It'll be …

In Lua, what is the difference between functions that use ":" and functions that do not? 1.

Jan 2, 2016 · ipairs is a Lua standard function that iterates over a list. This style of for loop, the iterator for loop, uses this kind of iterator function. The i value is the index of the entry in the …

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting …

Apr 15, 2017 · #!/bin/lua ----- ---HighResTimer.lua by Cody Duncan ---Wraps the High Resolution Timer Functions in --- Timer.so ----- package.cpath = "./Timer.so" --assuming Timer.so is in the …

In general, if you want a switch statement in Lua, what you ought to be doing is building a table. For your simple case of choice that could be 1, 2, or fail, a simple if statement with a few …

Apr 1, 2013 · A table in Lua is a set of key-value mappings with unique keys. The pairs are stored in arbitrary order and therefore the table is not sorted in any way. What you can do is iterate …