Super Basics of Lua (Work in Progress)

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Common Types

• Strings
• Numbers
• Tables

String

Code: (Lua) [Select]

local variable1 = "Hello World." -- This is a number
local variable2 = 21 -- This is a number
-- This is a table with 2 elements
local variable3 = {
    "Hello",
    221,
}


Lua can be considered a loosely typed language. For example a string variable can be easily converted into a number or a table.

Code: [Select]

local var1 = 2017

function changeVar1()
    var1 = "Two thousand and seventeen"
end
changeVar1()

This code snippet will convert var1 from a string type to a number type.


Lua, like most other languages, has the ability to provide comments in your code. You can provide single line and multiple line comments. Below are examples

Code: (Lua) [Select]

-- This is an example of a single line comment

--[[This is
an example
of a multi-line comment.
--]]