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 that you …

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 even …

Apr 2, 2011 · There is a nice article on lua-users wiki about ternary operator, together with problem explanation and several solutions.

Jan 11, 2016 · What does the ~= operator mean in Lua? For example, in the following code: if x ~= params then

I'm new to Lua, and need to know how to install it on Windows? I've tried and am unable to run the sample. When I try to compile it 100% success is shown, but when I click the run button it shows t...

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I have seen the hash character '#' being added to the front of variables a lot in Lua. What does it do? EXAMPLE -- sort AIs in currentlevel table.sort (level.ais, function (a,b) return a.y < b...

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics.

The Lua authors felt that continue was only one of a number of possible new control flow mechanisms (the fact that it cannot work with the scope rules of repeat/until was a secondary factor.)

Aug 19, 2013 · Which is the best efficient way to round up a number and then truncate it (remove decimal places after rounding up)? for example if decimal is above 0.5 (that is, 0.6, 0.7, and so on), I …