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1 local Io = require "luan:Io"
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2 local Html = require "luan:Html"
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3 local Http = require "luan:web/Http"
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7 function service()
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8 Io.stdout = Http.response.text_writer()
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13 <title>Luan Reference Manual</title>
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20 <h1>Luan Reference Manual</h1>
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24 Original copyright &copy; 2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
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25 Freely available under the terms of the
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26 <a href="http://www.lua.org/license.html">Lua license</a>.
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27 Modified for Luan.
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28 </small>
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29 </p>
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33 <h2>Contents</h2>
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35 <div margin-bottom="1em"><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></div>
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37 <div margin-bottom="1em">
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38 <a href="#basic">Basic Concepts</a>
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39 <ul>
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40 <li><a href="#types">Values and Types</a></li>
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41 <li><a href="#env">Environments</a></li>
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42 <li><a href="#error">Error Handling</a></li>
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49 <a href="#lang">The Language</a>
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50 <ul>
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51 <li><a href="#lex">Lexical Conventions</a></li>
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52 <li><a href="#vars">Variables</a></li>
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54 <a href="#stmts">Statements</a>
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56 <li><a href="#blocks">Blocks</a></li>
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58 <li><a href="#assignment">Assignment</a></li>
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59 <li><a href="#control">Control Structures</a></li>
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60 <li><a href="#for">For Statement</a></li>
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61 <li><a href="#fn_stmt">Function Calls as Statements</a></li>
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62 <li><a href="#local_stmt">Local Declarations</a></li>
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64 </ul>
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67 <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>
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70 <li><a href="#conversions">Coercions and Conversions</a></li>
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72 <li><a href="#logical_ops">Logical Operators</a></li>
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73 <li><a href="#concatenation">Concatenation</a></li>
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74 <li><a href="#length">The Length Operator</a></li>
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75 <li><a href="#precedence">Precedence</a></li>
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82 <li><a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a></li>
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87 <a href="#libs">Standard Libraries</a>
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96 <h2 margin-top="1em"><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h2>
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98 <p>Luan is a high level programming language based on <a href="http://www.lua.org">Lua</a>. A great strength of Lua is its simplicity and Luan takes this even further, being even simpler than Lua. The goal is to provide a simple programming language for the casual programmer with as few concepts as possible so that one can quickly learn the language and then easily understand any code written in Luan.</p>
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100 <p>Luan is implemented in Java and is tightly coupled with Java. So it makes a great scripting language for Java programmers.</p>
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102 <p>Unlike Lua which is meant to be embedded, Luan is meant to be a full scripting language. This done not by adding feature to Luan, but rather by providing a complete set of libraries.</p>
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105 <h2 margin-top="1em"><a name="basic">Basic Concepts</a></h2>
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107 <p>This section describes the basic concepts of the language.</p>
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109 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="types">Values and Types</a></h3>
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112 Luan is a <i>dynamically typed language</i>.
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114 variables do not have types; only values do.
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115 There are no type definitions in the language.
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116 All values carry their own type.
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120 All values in Luan are <i>first-class values</i>.
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121 This means that all values can be stored in variables,
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122 passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as results.
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126 There are eight basic types in Luan:
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127 <i>nil</i>, <i>boolean</i>, <i>number</i>,
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128 <i>string</i>, <i>binary</i>, <i>function</i>, <i>userdata</i>,
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129 and <i>table</i>.
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130 <i>Nil</i> is the type of the value <b>nil</b>,
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131 whose main property is to be different from any other value;
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132 it usually represents the absence of a useful value.
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133 <i>Nil</i> is implemented as the Java value <i>null</i>.
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134 <i>Boolean</i> is the type of the values <b>false</b> and <b>true</b>.
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135 <i>Boolean</i> is implemented as the Java class <i>Boolean</i>.
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137 integer numbers and real (floating-point) numbers.
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139 the underlying Java implementation.
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141 <i>String</i> is implemented as the Java class <i>String</i>.
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142 <i>Binary</i> is implemented as the Java type <i>byte[]</i>.
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145 <p>
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146 Luan can call (and manipulate) functions written in Luan and
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147 functions written in Java (see <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>).
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148 Both are represented by the type <i>function</i>.
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260 Luan also provides all chunks with two other local values: <tt>require</tt> and <tt>java</tt>. These are functions used to load and access libraries and other modules.
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268 Luan code can explicitly generate an error by calling the
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269 <a href="#pdf-error"><tt>error</tt></a> function.
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270 If you need to catch errors in Luan,
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271 you can use <a href="#pdf-pcall"><tt>pcall</tt></a> or <a href="#pdf-xpcall"><tt>try</tt></a>
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272 to call a given function in <i>protected mode</i>.
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288 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a></h3>
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292 This <i>metatable</i> is an ordinary Luan table
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298 Luan checks for a function in the field "<tt>__add</tt>" of the table's metatable.
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300 Luan calls this function to perform the addition.
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321 A metatable controls how a table behaves in
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322 arithmetic operations, bitwise operations,
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323 order comparisons, concatenation, length operation, calls, and indexing.
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326 <p>
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327 A detailed list of events controlled by metatables is given next.
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328 Each operation is identified by its corresponding event name.
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329 The key for each event is a string with its name prefixed by
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330 two underscores, '<tt>__</tt>';
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331 for instance, the key for operation "add" is the
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332 string "<tt>__add</tt>".
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334 the access to a metamethod does not invoke other metamethods.
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335 You can emulate how Luan queries a metamethod for an object <tt>obj</tt>
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338 <p><tt><pre>
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340 </pre></tt></p>
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342 <p>
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343 Here are the events:
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345 <ul>
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347 <li><b>"add": </b>
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348 the <tt>+</tt> operation.
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350 If any operand for an addition is a table,
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351 Luan will try to call a metamethod.
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352 First, Luan will check the first operand (even if it is valid).
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353 If that operand does not define a metamethod for the "<tt>__add</tt>" event,
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354 then Luan will check the second operand.
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355 If Luan can find a metamethod,
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356 it calls the metamethod with the two operands as arguments,
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357 and the result of the call
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358 (adjusted to one value)
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359 is the result of the operation.
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360 Otherwise,
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361 it raises an error.
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365 the <tt>-</tt> operation.
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367 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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371 the <tt>*</tt> operation.
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373 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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376 <li><b>"div": </b>
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377 the <tt>/</tt> operation.
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379 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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382 <li><b>"mod": </b>
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383 the <tt>%</tt> operation.
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385 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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388 <li><b>"pow": </b>
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389 the <tt>^</tt> (exponentiation) operation.
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391 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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397 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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403 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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406 <li><b>"len": </b>
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407 the <tt>#</tt> (length) operation.
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408
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409 If there is a metamethod,
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410 Luan calls it with the object as argument,
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411 and the result of the call
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413 is the result of the operation.
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414 If there is no metamethod but the object is a table,
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416 Otherwise, Luan raises an error.
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417 </li>
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420 the <tt>==</tt> (equal) operation.
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422 Behavior similar to the "add" operation,
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426 The result of the call is always converted to a boolean.
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427 </li>
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432 Behavior similar to the "add" operation.
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433 The result of the call is always converted to a boolean.
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439 Unlike other operations,
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440 The less-equal operation can use two different events.
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443 If it cannot find such a metamethod,
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447 the result is always a boolean.
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448 </li>
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451 The indexing access <tt>table[key]</tt>.
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453 This event happens
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454 when <tt>key</tt> is not present in <tt>table</tt>.
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455 The metamethod is looked up in <tt>table</tt>.
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458 <p>
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459 Despite the name,
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460 the metamethod for this event can be either a function or a table.
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461 If it is a function,
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462 it is called with <tt>table</tt> and <tt>key</tt> as arguments.
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463 If it is a table,
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464 the final result is the result of indexing this table with <tt>key</tt>.
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465 (This indexing is regular, not raw,
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466 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.)
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467 </li>
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468
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469 <li><b>"new_index": </b>
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470 The indexing assignment <tt>table[key] = value</tt>.
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472 Like the index event,
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473 this event happens when
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474 when <tt>key</tt> is not present in <tt>table</tt>.
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475 The metamethod is looked up in <tt>table</tt>.
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478 <p>
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479 Like with indexing,
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480 the metamethod for this event can be either a function or a table.
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481 If it is a function,
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482 it is called with <tt>table</tt>, <tt>key</tt>, and <tt>value</tt> as arguments.
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483 If it is a table,
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484 Luan does an indexing assignment to this table with the same key and value.
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485 (This assignment is regular, not raw,
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486 and therefore can trigger another metamethod.)
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487
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489 <p>
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490 Whenever there is a "new_index" metamethod,
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491 Luan does not perform the primitive assignment.
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492 (If necessary,
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493 the metamethod itself can call <a href="#pdf-rawset"><tt>raw_set</tt></a>
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494 to do the assignment.)
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495 </li>
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497 <li><b>"call": </b>
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498 The call operation <tt>func(args)</tt>.
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499
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500 This event happens when Luan tries to call a table.
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501 The metamethod is looked up in <tt>func</tt>.
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502 If present,
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503 the metamethod is called with <tt>func</tt> as its first argument,
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504 followed by the arguments of the original call (<tt>args</tt>).
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505 </li>
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507 </ul>
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511
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512 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="gc">Garbage Collection</a></h3>
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513
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514 <p>
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515 Luan uses Java's garbage collection.
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516
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519
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520
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521 <h2 margin-top="1em"><a name="lang">The Language</a></h2>
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522
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523 <p>
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524 This section describes the lexis, the syntax, and the semantics of Luan.
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525 In other words,
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526 this section describes
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527 which tokens are valid,
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528 how they can be combined,
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529 and what their combinations mean.
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531
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532 <p>
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533 Language constructs will be explained using the usual extended BNF notation,
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534 in which
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535 {<i>a</i>}&nbsp;means&nbsp;0 or more <i>a</i>'s, and
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536 [<i>a</i>]&nbsp;means an optional <i>a</i>.
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537 Non-terminals are shown like non-terminal,
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538 keywords are shown like <b>kword</b>,
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539 and other terminal symbols are shown like &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo;.
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540 The complete syntax of Luan can be found in <a href="#9">&sect;9</a>
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541 at the end of this manual.
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542
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543
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544
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545 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="lex">Lexical Conventions</a></h3>
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547 <p>
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548 Luan ignores spaces and comments
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549 between lexical elements (tokens),
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550 except as delimiters between names and keywords.
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551 Luan generally considers the end of a line to be the end of a statement. This catches errors and encourages readability. The exception to this is in paranthesis ( <i>(...)</i>, <i>[...]</i>, and <i>{...}</i> ) where the end of line is treated as white space.
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552
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553 <p>
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554 <i>Names</i>
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555 (also called <i>identifiers</i>)
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556 in Luan can be any string of letters,
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557 digits, and underscores,
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558 not beginning with a digit.
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559 Identifiers are used to name variables, table fields, and labels.
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560
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562 <p>
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563 The following <i>keywords</i> are reserved
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564 and cannot be used as names:
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565
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566
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567 <p><tt><pre>
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568 and break do else elseif end
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569 false for function goto if in
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570 local nil not or repeat return
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571 then true until while
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572 </pre></tt></p>
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574 <p>
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575 Luan is a case-sensitive language:
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576 <tt>and</tt> is a reserved word, but <tt>And</tt> and <tt>AND</tt>
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577 are two different, valid names.
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578
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579
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580 <p>
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581 The following strings denote other tokens:
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582
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583 <p><tt><pre>
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584 + - * / % ^ #
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585 &amp; ~ | &lt;&lt; &gt;&gt; //
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586 == ~= &lt;= &gt;= &lt; &gt; =
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587 ( ) { } [ ] ::
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588 ; : , . .. ...
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589 </pre></tt></p>
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591 <p>
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592 <i>Literal strings</i>
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594 and can contain the following C-like escape sequences:
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595 '<tt>\a</tt>' (bell),
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596 '<tt>\b</tt>' (backspace),
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597 '<tt>\f</tt>' (form feed),
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598 '<tt>\n</tt>' (newline),
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599 '<tt>\r</tt>' (carriage return),
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600 '<tt>\t</tt>' (horizontal tab),
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601 '<tt>\v</tt>' (vertical tab),
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602 '<tt>\\</tt>' (backslash),
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603 '<tt>\"</tt>' (quotation mark [double quote]),
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604 and '<tt>\'</tt>' (apostrophe [single quote]).
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605 A backslash followed by a real newline
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606 results in a newline in the string.
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607 The escape sequence '<tt>\z</tt>' skips the following span
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609 including line breaks;
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610 it is particularly useful to break and indent a long literal string
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611 into multiple lines without adding the newlines and spaces
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612 into the string contents.
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614
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615 <p>
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616 Luan can specify any character in a literal string by its numerical value.
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617 This can be done
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618 with the escape sequence <tt>\x<i>XX</i></tt>,
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619 where <i>XX</i> is a sequence of exactly two hexadecimal digits,
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620 or with the escape sequence <tt>\<i>ddd</i></tt>,
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621 where <i>ddd</i> is a sequence of up to three decimal digits.
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622 (Note that if a decimal escape sequence is to be followed by a digit,
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623 it must be expressed using exactly three digits.)
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626 <p>
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627 Literal strings can also be defined using a long format
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628 enclosed by <i>long brackets</i>.
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629 We define an <i>opening long bracket of level <i>n</i></i> as an opening
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630 square bracket followed by <i>n</i> equal signs followed by another
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631 opening square bracket.
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632 So, an opening long bracket of level 0 is written as <tt>[[</tt>,
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633 an opening long bracket of level 1 is written as <tt>[=[</tt>,
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634 and so on.
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635 A <i>closing long bracket</i> is defined similarly;
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636 for instance,
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637 a closing long bracket of level 4 is written as <tt>]====]</tt>.
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638 A <i>long literal</i> starts with an opening long bracket of any level and
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639 ends at the first closing long bracket of the same level.
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640 It can contain any text except a closing bracket of the same level.
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641 Literals in this bracketed form can run for several lines,
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642 do not interpret any escape sequences,
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643 and ignore long brackets of any other level.
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644 Any kind of end-of-line sequence
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645 (carriage return, newline, carriage return followed by newline,
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646 or newline followed by carriage return)
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647 is converted to a simple newline.
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648
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649
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650 <p>
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651 Any character in a literal string not
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652 explicitly affected by the previous rules represents itself.
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653 However, Luan opens files for parsing in text mode,
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654 and the system file functions may have problems with
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655 some control characters.
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656 So, it is safer to represent
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657 non-text data as a quoted literal with
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658 explicit escape sequences for non-text characters.
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660
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661 <p>
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662 For convenience,
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663 when the opening long bracket is immediately followed by a newline,
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664 the newline is not included in the string.
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665 As an example
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666 the five literal strings below denote the same string:
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668 <p><tt><pre>
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669 a = 'alo\n123"'
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670 a = "alo\n123\""
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671 a = '\97lo\10\04923"'
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672 a = [[alo
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673 123"]]
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674 a = [==[
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675 alo
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676 123"]==]
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677 </pre></tt></p>
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678
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679 <p>
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680 A <i>numerical constant</i> (or <i>numeral</i>)
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681 can be written with an optional fractional part
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682 and an optional decimal exponent,
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683 marked by a letter '<tt>e</tt>' or '<tt>E</tt>'.
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684 Luan also accepts hexadecimal constants,
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685 which start with <tt>0x</tt> or <tt>0X</tt>.
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686 Hexadecimal constants also accept an optional fractional part
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687 plus an optional binary exponent,
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688 marked by a letter '<tt>p</tt>' or '<tt>P</tt>'.
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689 A numeric constant with a fractional dot or an exponent
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690 denotes a float;
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691 otherwise it denotes an integer.
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692 Examples of valid integer constants are
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693
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694 <p><tt><pre>
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695 3 345 0xff 0xBEBADA
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696 </pre></tt></p>
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697
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698 <p>
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699 Examples of valid float constants are
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700
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701 <p><tt><pre>
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702 3.0 3.1416 314.16e-2 0.31416E1 34e1
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703 0x0.1E 0xA23p-4 0X1.921FB54442D18P+1
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704 </pre></tt></p>
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705
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706 <p>
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707 A <i>comment</i> starts with a double hyphen (<tt>--</tt>)
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708 anywhere outside a string.
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709 If the text immediately after <tt>--</tt> is not an opening long bracket,
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710 the comment is a <i>short comment</i>,
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711 which runs until the end of the line.
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712 Otherwise, it is a <i>long comment</i>,
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713 which runs until the corresponding closing long bracket.
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714 Long comments are frequently used to disable code temporarily.
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715
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717
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718
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719
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720 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="vars">Variables</a></h3>
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721
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722 <p>
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723 Variables are places that store values.
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724 There are three kinds of variables in Luan:
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725 global variables, local variables, and table fields.
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726
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727
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728 <p>
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729 A single name can denote a global variable or a local variable
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730 (or a function's formal parameter,
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731 which is a particular kind of local variable):
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732
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733 <p><tt><pre>
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734 var ::= Name
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735 </pre></tt></p>
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736
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737 <p>
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738 Name denotes identifiers, as defined in <a href="#lex">Lexical Conventions</a>.
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739
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740
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741 <p>
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742 Any variable name is assumed to be global unless explicitly declared
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743 as a local (see <a href="#local_stmt">Local Declarations</a>).
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744 Local variables are <i>lexically scoped</i>:
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745 local variables can be freely accessed by functions
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746 defined inside their scope (see <a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a>).
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747
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748
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749 <p>
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750 Before the first assignment to a variable, its value is <b>nil</b>.
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751
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752
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753 <p>
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754 Square brackets are used to index a table:
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755
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756 <p><tt><pre>
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757 var ::= prefixexp &lsquo;<b>[</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>]</b>&rsquo;
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758 </pre></tt></p>
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760 <p>
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761 The meaning of accesses to table fields can be changed via metatables.
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762 An access to an indexed variable <tt>t[i]</tt> is equivalent to
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763 a call <tt>gettable_event(t,i)</tt>.
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764 (See <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a> for a complete description of the
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765 <tt>gettable_event</tt> function.
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766 This function is not defined or callable in Luan.
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767 We use it here only for explanatory purposes.)
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768
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770 <p>
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771 The syntax <tt>var.Name</tt> is just syntactic sugar for
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772 <tt>var["Name"]</tt>:
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773
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774 <p><tt><pre>
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775 var ::= prefixexp &lsquo;<b>.</b>&rsquo; Name
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776 </pre></tt></p>
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778 <p>
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779 An access to a global variable <tt>x</tt>
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780 is equivalent to <tt>_ENV.x</tt>.
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781 Due to the way that chunks are compiled,
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782 <tt>_ENV</tt> is never a global name (see <a href="#env">Environments</a>).
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786
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787
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788 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="stmts">Statements</a></h3>
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789
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790 <p>
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791 Luan supports an almost conventional set of statements,
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792 similar to those in Pascal or C.
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793 This set includes
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794 assignments, control structures, function calls,
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795 and variable declarations.
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796
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797
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798
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799 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="blocks">Blocks</a></h4>
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800
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801 <p>
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802 A block is a list of statements,
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803 which are executed sequentially:
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804
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805 <p><tt><pre>
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806 block ::= {stat}
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807 </pre></tt></p>
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808
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809 <p>
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810 Luan has <i>empty statements</i>
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811 that allow you to separate statements with semicolons,
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812 start a block with a semicolon
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813 or write two semicolons in sequence:
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814
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815 <p><tt><pre>
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816 stat ::= &lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo;
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817 </pre></tt></p>
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818
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819 <p>
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820 A block can be explicitly delimited to produce a single statement:
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821
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822 <p><tt><pre>
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823 stat ::= <b>do</b> block <b>end</b>
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824 </pre></tt></p>
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825
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826 <p>
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827 Explicit blocks are useful
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828 to control the scope of variable declarations.
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829 Explicit blocks are also sometimes used to
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830 add a <b>return</b> statement in the middle
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831 of another block (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>).
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832
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833
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834
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835
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836
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837 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="chunks">Chunks</a></h4>
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838
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839 <p>
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840 The unit of compilation of Luan is called a <i>chunk</i>.
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841 Syntactically,
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842 a chunk is simply a block:
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843
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844 <p><tt><pre>
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845 chunk ::= block
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846 </pre></tt></p>
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847
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848 <p>
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849 Luan handles a chunk as the body of an anonymous function
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850 with a variable number of arguments
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851 (see <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>).
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852 As such, chunks can define local variables,
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853 receive arguments, and return values.
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854
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855
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856 <p>
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857 A chunk can be stored in a file or in a string inside the host program.
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858 To execute a chunk,
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859 Luan first <i>loads</i> it,
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860 compiling the chunk's code,
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861 and then Luan executes the compiled code.
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862
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863
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864
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865
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867 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="assignment">Assignment</a></h4>
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868
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869 <p>
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870 Luan allows multiple assignments.
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871 Therefore, the syntax for assignment
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872 defines a list of variables on the left side
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873 and a list of expressions on the right side.
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874 The elements in both lists are separated by commas:
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875
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876 <p><tt><pre>
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877 stat ::= varlist &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; explist
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878 varlist ::= var {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; var}
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879 explist ::= exp {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; exp}
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880 </pre></tt></p>
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881
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882 <p>
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883 Expressions are discussed in <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>.
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884
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885
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886 <p>
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887 Before the assignment,
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888 the list of values is <i>adjusted</i> to the length of
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889 the list of variables.
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890 If there are more values than needed,
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891 the excess values are thrown away.
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892 If there are fewer values than needed,
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893 the list is extended with as many <b>nil</b>'s as needed.
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894 If the list of expressions ends with a function call,
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895 then all values returned by that call enter the list of values,
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896 before the adjustment
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897 (except when the call is enclosed in parentheses; see <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>).
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898
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899
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900 <p>
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901 The assignment statement first evaluates all its expressions
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902 and only then the assignments are performed.
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903 Thus the code
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904
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905 <p><tt><pre>
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906 i = 3
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907 i, a[i] = i+1, 20
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908 </pre></tt></p>
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909
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910 <p>
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911 sets <tt>a[3]</tt> to 20, without affecting <tt>a[4]</tt>
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912 because the <tt>i</tt> in <tt>a[i]</tt> is evaluated (to 3)
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913 before it is assigned&nbsp;4.
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914 Similarly, the line
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915
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916 <p><tt><pre>
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917 x, y = y, x
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918 </pre></tt></p>
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919
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920 <p>
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921 exchanges the values of <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt>,
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922 and
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923
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924 <p><tt><pre>
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925 x, y, z = y, z, x
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926 </pre></tt></p>
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927
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928 <p>
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929 cyclically permutes the values of <tt>x</tt>, <tt>y</tt>, and <tt>z</tt>.
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930
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931
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932 <p>
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933 The meaning of assignments to global variables
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934 and table fields can be changed via metatables.
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935 An assignment to an indexed variable <tt>t[i] = val</tt> is equivalent to
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936 <tt>settable_event(t,i,val)</tt>.
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937 (See <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a> for a complete description of the
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938 <tt>settable_event</tt> function.
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939 This function is not defined or callable in Luan.
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940 We use it here only for explanatory purposes.)
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941
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942
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943 <p>
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944 An assignment to a global name <tt>x = val</tt>
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945 is equivalent to the assignment
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946 <tt>_ENV.x = val</tt> (see <a href="#env">Environments</a>).
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947
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948
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949
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950
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951 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="control">Control Structures</a></h4>
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952
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953 <p>
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954 The control structures
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955 <b>if</b>, <b>while</b>, and <b>repeat</b> have the usual meaning and
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956 familiar syntax:
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957
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958 <p><tt><pre>
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959 stat ::= <b>while</b> exp <b>do</b> block <b>end</b>
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960 stat ::= <b>repeat</b> block <b>until</b> exp
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961 stat ::= <b>if</b> exp <b>then</b> block {<b>elseif</b> exp <b>then</b> block} [<b>else</b> block] <b>end</b>
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962 </pre></tt></p>
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963
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964 <p>
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965 Luan also has a <b>for</b> statement (see <a href="#for">For Statement</a>).
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966
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967
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968 <p>
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969 The condition expression of a
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970 control structure must be a boolean.
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971 Any other value type will produce an error.
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972 This helps catch errors and makes code more readable.
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973
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974
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975 <p>
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976 In the <b>repeat</b>&ndash;<b>until</b> loop,
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977 the inner block does not end at the <b>until</b> keyword,
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978 but only after the condition.
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979 So, the condition can refer to local variables
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980 declared inside the loop block.
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981
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982
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983 <p>
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984 The <b>break</b> statement terminates the execution of a
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985 <b>while</b>, <b>repeat</b>, or <b>for</b> loop,
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986 skipping to the next statement after the loop:
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987
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988
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989 <p><tt><pre>
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990 stat ::= <b>break</b>
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991 </pre></tt></p>
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992
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993 <p>
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994 A <b>break</b> ends the innermost enclosing loop.
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995
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996
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997 <p>
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998 The <b>return</b> statement is used to return values
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999 from a function or a chunk
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1000 (which is an anonymous function).
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1001
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1002 Functions can return more than one value,
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1003 so the syntax for the <b>return</b> statement is
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1004
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1005 <p><tt><pre>
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1006 stat ::= <b>return</b> [explist] [&lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo;]
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1007 </pre></tt></p>
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1008
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1009
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1010
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1011
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1012 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="for">For Statement</a></h4>
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1013
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1014 <p>
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1015 The <b>for</b> statement works over functions,
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1016 called <i>iterators</i>.
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1017 On each iteration, the iterator function is called to produce a new value,
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1018 stopping when this new value is <b>nil</b>.
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1019 The <b>for</b> loop has the following syntax:
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1020
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1021 <p><tt><pre>
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1022 stat ::= <b>for</b> namelist <b>in</b> exp <b>do</b> block <b>end</b>
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1023 namelist ::= Name {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; Name}
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1024 </pre></tt></p>
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1025
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1026 <p>
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1027 A <b>for</b> statement like
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1028
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1029 <p><tt><pre>
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1030 for <i>var_1</i>, &middot;&middot;&middot;, <i>var_n</i> in <i>exp</i> do <i>block</i> end
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1031 </pre></tt></p>
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1032
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1033 <p>
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1034 is equivalent to the code:
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1035
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1036 <p><tt><pre>
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1037 do
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1038 local <i>f</i> = <i>exp</i>
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1039 while true do
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1040 local <i>var_1</i>, &middot;&middot;&middot;, <i>var_n</i> = <i>f</i>()
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1041 if <i>var_1</i> == nil then break end
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1042 <i>block</i>
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1043 end
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1044 end
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1045 </pre></tt></p>
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1046
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1047 <p>
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1048 Note the following:
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1049
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1050 <ul>
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1051
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1052 <li>
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1053 <tt><i>exp</i></tt> is evaluated only once.
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1054 Its result is an <i>iterator</i> function.
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1055 </li>
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1056
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1057 <li>
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1058 <tt><i>f</i></tt> is an invisible variable.
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1059 The name is here for explanatory purposes only.
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1060 </li>
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1061
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1062 <li>
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1063 You can use <b>break</b> to exit a <b>for</b> loop.
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1064 </li>
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1065
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1066 <li>
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1067 The loop variables <tt><i>var_i</i></tt> are local to the loop;
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1068 you cannot use their values after the <b>for</b> ends.
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1069 If you need these values,
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1070 then assign them to other variables before breaking or exiting the loop.
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1071 </li>
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1072
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1073 </ul>
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1074
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1075
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1076
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1077
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1078 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="fn_stmt">Function Calls as Statements</a></h4>
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1079
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1080 <p>
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1081 To allow possible side-effects,
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1082 function calls can be executed as statements:
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1083
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1084 <p><tt><pre>
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1085 stat ::= functioncall
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1086 </pre></tt></p>
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1087
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1088 <p>
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1089 In this case, all returned values are thrown away.
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1090 Function calls are explained in <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>.
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1093
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1094 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="local_stmt">Local Declarations</a></h4>
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1095
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1096 <p>
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1097 Local variables can be declared anywhere inside a block.
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1098 The declaration can include an initial assignment:
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1099
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1100 <p><tt><pre>
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1101 stat ::= <b>local</b> namelist [&lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; explist]
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1102 </pre></tt></p>
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1103
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1104 <p>
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1105 If present, an initial assignment has the same semantics
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1106 of a multiple assignment (see <a href="#assignment">Assignment</a>).
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1107 Otherwise, all variables are initialized with <b>nil</b>.
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1108
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1109
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1110 <p>
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1111 A chunk is also a block (see <a href="#chunks">Chunks</a>),
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1112 and so local variables can be declared in a chunk outside any explicit block.
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1113
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1114
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1115 <p>
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1116 The visibility rules for local variables are explained in <a href="#visibility">Visibility Rules</a>.
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1117
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1118
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1119 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="template_stmt">Template Statements</a></h4>
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1120
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1121 <p>Template statements are based on <a href="#template_expr">template exressions</a> and provide the full equivalent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaServer_Pages">JSP</a> but in a general way. Template statements write the equivalent template exression to standard output. For example:</p>
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1122
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1123 <p><tt><pre><%=Html.encode[[
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1124 local name = "Bob"
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1125 %>
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1126 Hello <%=name%>!
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1127 Bye <%=name%>.
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1128 <%
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1129 ]]%></pre></tt></p>
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1130
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1131 <p>is equivalent to the code:</p>
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1132
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1133 <p><tt><pre><%=Html.encode[[
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1134 local name = "Bob"
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1135 require("luan:Io").stdout.write( %>
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1136 Hello <%=name%>!
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1137 Bye <%=name%>.
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1138 <% )
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1139 ]]%></pre></tt></p>
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1140
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1141
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1142
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1143 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="expressions">Expressions</a></h3>
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1144
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1145 <p>
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1146 The basic expressions in Luan are the following:
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1147
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1148 <p><tt><pre>
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1149 exp ::= prefixexp
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1150 exp ::= <b>nil</b> | <b>false</b> | <b>true</b>
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1151 exp ::= Numeral
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1152 exp ::= LiteralString
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1153 exp ::= functiondef
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1154 exp ::= tableconstructor
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1155 exp ::= &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo;
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1156 exp ::= exp binop exp
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1157 exp ::= unop exp
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1158 prefixexp ::= var | functioncall | &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo;
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1159 </pre></tt></p>
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1160
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1161 <p>
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1162 Numerals and literal strings are explained in <a href="#lex">Lexical Conventions</a>;
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1163 variables are explained in <a href="#vars">Variables</a>;
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1164 function definitions are explained in <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>;
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1165 function calls are explained in <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>;
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1166 table constructors are explained in <a href="#constructors">Table Constructors</a>.
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1167 Vararg expressions,
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1168 denoted by three dots ('<tt>...</tt>'), can only be used when
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1169 directly inside a vararg function;
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1170 they are explained in <a href="#fn_def">Function Definitions</a>.
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1171
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1172
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1173 <p>
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1174 Binary operators comprise arithmetic operators (see <a href="#arithmetic">Arithmetic Operators</a>),
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1175 relational operators (see <a href="#relational">Relational Operators</a>), logical operators (see <a href="#logical_ops">Logical Operators</a>),
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1176 and the concatenation operator (see <a href="#concatenation">Concatenation</a>).
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1177 Unary operators comprise the unary minus (see <a href="#arithmetic">Arithmetic Operators</a>),
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1178 the unary logical <b>not</b> (see <a href="#logical_ops">Logical Operators</a>),
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1179 and the unary <em>length operator</em> (see <a href="#length">The Length Operator</a>).
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1182 <p>
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1183 Both function calls and vararg expressions can result in multiple values.
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1184 If a function call is used as a statement (see <a href="#fn_stmt">Function Calls as Statements</a>),
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1185 then its return list is adjusted to zero elements,
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1186 thus discarding all returned values.
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1187 If an expression is used as the last (or the only) element
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1188 of a list of expressions,
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1189 then no adjustment is made
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1190 (unless the expression is enclosed in parentheses).
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1191 In all other contexts,
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1192 Luan adjusts the result list to one element,
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1193 either discarding all values except the first one
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1194 or adding a single <b>nil</b> if there are no values.
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1195
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1196
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1197 <p>
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1198 Here are some examples:
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1200 <p><tt><pre>
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1201 f() -- adjusted to 0 results
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1202 g(f(), x) -- f() is adjusted to 1 result
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1203 g(x, f()) -- g gets x plus all results from f()
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1204 a,b,c = f(), x -- f() is adjusted to 1 result (c gets nil)
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1205 a,b = ... -- a gets the first vararg parameter, b gets
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1206 -- the second (both a and b can get nil if there
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1207 -- is no corresponding vararg parameter)
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1208
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1209 a,b,c = x, f() -- f() is adjusted to 2 results
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1210 a,b,c = f() -- f() is adjusted to 3 results
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1211 return f() -- returns all results from f()
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1212 return ... -- returns all received vararg parameters
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1213 return x,y,f() -- returns x, y, and all results from f()
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1214 {f()} -- creates a list with all results from f()
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1215 {...} -- creates a list with all vararg parameters
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1216 {f(), nil} -- f() is adjusted to 1 result
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1217 </pre></tt></p>
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1218
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1219 <p>
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1220 Any expression enclosed in parentheses always results in only one value.
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1221 Thus,
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1222 <tt>(f(x,y,z))</tt> is always a single value,
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1223 even if <tt>f</tt> returns several values.
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1224 (The value of <tt>(f(x,y,z))</tt> is the first value returned by <tt>f</tt>
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1225 or <b>nil</b> if <tt>f</tt> does not return any values.)
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1226
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1227
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1228
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1229 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="arithmetic">Arithmetic Operators</a></h4>
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1230
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1231 <p>
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1232 Luan supports the following arithmetic operators:
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1233
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1234 <ul>
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1235 <li><b><tt>+</tt>: </b>addition</li>
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1236 <li><b><tt>-</tt>: </b>subtraction</li>
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1237 <li><b><tt>*</tt>: </b>multiplication</li>
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1238 <li><b><tt>/</tt>: </b>division</li>
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1239 <li><b><tt>%</tt>: </b>modulo</li>
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1240 <li><b><tt>^</tt>: </b>exponentiation</li>
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1241 <li><b><tt>-</tt>: </b>unary minus</li>
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1242 </ul>
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1243
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1244 <p>
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1245 Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and unary minus are the same as these operators in Java. Exponentiation uses Java's <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html#pow(double,%20double)">Math.pow</a> function.
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1246
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1247 <p>
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1248 Modulo is defined as the remainder of a division
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1249 that rounds the quotient towards minus infinite (floor division).
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1250 (The Java modulo operator is not used.)
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1251
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1252
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1253
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1254 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="conversions">Coercions and Conversions</a></h4>
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1255
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1256 <p>
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1257 Luan generally avoids automatic conversions.
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1258 String concatenation automatically converts all of its arguments to strings.
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1259
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1260 <p>
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1261 Luan provides library functions for explicit type conversions.
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1262
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1265
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1266 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="relational">Relational Operators</a></h4>
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1267
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1268 <p>
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1269 Luan supports the following relational operators:
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1271 <ul>
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1272 <li><b><tt>==</tt>: </b>equality</li>
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1273 <li><b><tt>~=</tt>: </b>inequality</li>
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1274 <li><b><tt>&lt;</tt>: </b>less than</li>
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1275 <li><b><tt>&gt;</tt>: </b>greater than</li>
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1276 <li><b><tt>&lt;=</tt>: </b>less or equal</li>
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1277 <li><b><tt>&gt;=</tt>: </b>greater or equal</li>
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1278 </ul><p>
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1279 These operators always result in <b>false</b> or <b>true</b>.
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1280
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1281
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1282 <p>
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1283 Equality (<tt>==</tt>) first compares the type of its operands.
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1284 If the types are different, then the result is <b>false</b>.
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1285 Otherwise, the values of the operands are compared.
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1286 Strings, numbers, and binary values are compared in the obvious way (by value).
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1287
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1288 <p>
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1289 Tables
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1290 are compared by reference:
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1291 two objects are considered equal only if they are the same object.
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1292 Every time you create a new table,
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1293 it is different from any previously existing table.
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1294 Closures are also compared by reference.
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1295
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1296 <p>
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1297 You can change the way that Luan compares tables
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1298 by using the "eq" metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
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1299
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1300 <p>
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1301 Userdata are Java objects. They are compared for equality with the Java <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><tt>equals</tt></a> method.
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1302
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1303 <p>
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1304 Equality comparisons do not convert strings to numbers
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1305 or vice versa.
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1306 Thus, <tt>"0"==0</tt> evaluates to <b>false</b>,
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1307 and <tt>t[0]</tt> and <tt>t["0"]</tt> denote different
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1308 entries in a table.
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1309
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1310
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1311 <p>
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1312 The operator <tt>~=</tt> is exactly the negation of equality (<tt>==</tt>).
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1313
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1314
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1315 <p>
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1316 The order operators work as follows.
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1317
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1318 If both arguments are numbers,
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1319 then they are compared following
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1320 the usual rule for binary operations.
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1321 Otherwise, if both arguments are strings,
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1322 then their values are compared according to the current locale.
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1323 Otherwise, Luan tries to call the "lt" or the "le"
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1324 metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
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1325 A comparison <tt>a &gt; b</tt> is translated to <tt>b &lt; a</tt>
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1326 and <tt>a &gt;= b</tt> is translated to <tt>b &lt;= a</tt>.
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1332 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="logical_ops">Logical Operators</a></h4>
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1333
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1334 <p>
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1335 The logical operators in Luan are
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1336 <b>and</b>, <b>or</b>, and <b>not</b>.
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1337 The <b>and</b> and <b>or</b> operators consider both <b>false</b> and <b>nil</b> as false
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1338 and anything else as true.
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1339 Like the control structures (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>),
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1340 the <b>not</b> operator requires a boolean value.
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1342 <p>
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1343 The negation operator <b>not</b> always returns <b>false</b> or <b>true</b>.
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1344 The conjunction operator <b>and</b> returns its first argument
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1345 if this value is <b>false</b> or <b>nil</b>;
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1346 otherwise, <b>and</b> returns its second argument.
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1347 The disjunction operator <b>or</b> returns its first argument
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1348 if this value is different from <b>nil</b> and <b>false</b>;
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1349 otherwise, <b>or</b> returns its second argument.
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1350 Both <b>and</b> and <b>or</b> use short-circuit evaluation;
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1351 that is,
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1352 the second operand is evaluated only if necessary.
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1353 Here are some examples:
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1354
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1355 <p><tt><pre>
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1356 10 or 20 --&gt; 10
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1357 10 or error() --&gt; 10
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1358 nil or "a" --&gt; "a"
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1359 nil and 10 --&gt; nil
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1360 false and error() --&gt; false
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1361 false and nil --&gt; false
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1362 false or nil --&gt; nil
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1363 10 and 20 --&gt; 20
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1364 </pre></tt></p>
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1365
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1366 <p>
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1367 (In this manual,
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1368 <tt>--&gt;</tt> indicates the result of the preceding expression.)
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1369
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1370
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1371
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1372 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="concatenation">Concatenation</a></h4>
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1373
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1374 <p>
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1375 The string concatenation operator in Luan is
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1376 denoted by two dots ('<tt>..</tt>').
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1377 All operands are converted to strings.
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1378
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1379
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1380
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1381 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="length">The Length Operator</a></h4>
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1382
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1383 <p>
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1384 The length operator is denoted by the unary prefix operator <tt>#</tt>.
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1385 The length of a string is its number of characters.
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1386 The length of a binary is its number of bytes.
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1387
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1388
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1389 <p>
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1390 A program can modify the behavior of the length operator for
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1391 any table through the <tt>__len</tt> metamethod (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
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1392
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1393
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1394 <p>
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1395 Unless a <tt>__len</tt> metamethod is given,
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1396 the length of a table <tt>t</tt> is defined
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1397 as the number of elements in <em>sequence</em>,
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1398 that is,
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1399 the size of the set of its positive numeric keys is equal to <em>{1..n}</em>
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1400 for some non-negative integer <em>n</em>.
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1401 In that case, <em>n</em> is its length.
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1402 Note that a table like
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1403
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1404 <p><tt><pre>
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1405 {10, 20, nil, 40}
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1406 </pre></tt></p>
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1407
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1408 <p>
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1409 has a length of <tt>2</tt>, because that is the last key in sequence.
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1410
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1411
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1412
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1413
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1414
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1415 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="precedence">Precedence</a></h4>
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1416
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1417 <p>
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1418 Operator precedence in Luan follows the table below,
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1419 from lower to higher priority:
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1420
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1421 <p><tt><pre>
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1422 or
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1423 and
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1424 &lt; &gt; &lt;= &gt;= ~= ==
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1425 ..
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1426 + -
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1427 * / %
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1428 unary operators (not # -)
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1429 ^
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1430 </pre></tt></p>
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1431
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1432 <p>
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1433 As usual,
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1434 you can use parentheses to change the precedences of an expression.
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1435 The concatenation ('<tt>..</tt>') and exponentiation ('<tt>^</tt>')
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1436 operators are right associative.
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1437 All other binary operators are left associative.
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1438
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1439
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1440
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1441
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1442
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1443 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="constructors">Table Constructors</a></h4>
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1444
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1445 <p>
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1446 Table constructors are expressions that create tables.
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1447 Every time a constructor is evaluated, a new table is created.
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1448 A constructor can be used to create an empty table
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1449 or to create a table and initialize some of its fields.
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1450 The general syntax for constructors is
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1451
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1452 <p><tt><pre>
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1453 tableconstructor ::= &lsquo;<b>{</b>&rsquo; [fieldlist] &lsquo;<b>}</b>&rsquo;
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1454 fieldlist ::= field {fieldsep field} [fieldsep]
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1455 field ::= &lsquo;<b>[</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>]</b>&rsquo; &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; exp | Name &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; exp | exp
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1456 fieldsep ::= &lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo;
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1457 </pre></tt></p>
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1458
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1459 <p>
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1460 Each field of the form <tt>[exp1] = exp2</tt> adds to the new table an entry
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1461 with key <tt>exp1</tt> and value <tt>exp2</tt>.
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1462 A field of the form <tt>name = exp</tt> is equivalent to
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1463 <tt>["name"] = exp</tt>.
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1464 Finally, fields of the form <tt>exp</tt> are equivalent to
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1465 <tt>[i] = exp</tt>, where <tt>i</tt> are consecutive integers
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1466 starting with 1.
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1467 Fields in the other formats do not affect this counting.
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1468 For example,
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1469
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1470 <p><tt><pre>
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1471 a = { [f(1)] = g; "x", "y"; x = 1, f(x), [30] = 23; 45 }
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1472 </pre></tt></p>
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1473
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1474 <p>
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1475 is equivalent to
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1476
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1477 <p><tt><pre>
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1478 do
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1479 local t = {}
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1480 t[f(1)] = g
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1481 t[1] = "x" -- 1st exp
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1482 t[2] = "y" -- 2nd exp
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1483 t.x = 1 -- t["x"] = 1
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1484 t[3] = f(x) -- 3rd exp
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1485 t[30] = 23
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1486 t[4] = 45 -- 4th exp
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1487 a = t
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1488 end
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1489 </pre></tt></p>
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1490
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1491 <p>
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1492 The order of the assignments in a constructor is undefined.
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1493 (This order would be relevant only when there are repeated keys.)
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1494
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1495
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1496 <p>
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1497 If the last field in the list has the form <tt>exp</tt>
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1498 and the expression is a function call or a vararg expression,
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1499 then all values returned by this expression enter the list consecutively
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1500 (see <a href="#fn_calls">Function Calls</a>).
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1501
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1502
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1503 <p>
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1504 The field list can have an optional trailing separator,
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1505 as a convenience for machine-generated code.
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1506
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1507
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1508
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1509
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1510
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1511 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="fn_calls">Function Calls</a></h4>
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1512
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1513 <p>
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1514 A function call in Luan has the following syntax:
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1515
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1516 <p><tt><pre>
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1517 functioncall ::= prefixexp args
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1518 </pre></tt></p>
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1519
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1520 <p>
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1521 In a function call,
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1522 first prefixexp and args are evaluated.
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1523 If the value of prefixexp has type <i>function</i>,
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1524 then this function is called
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1525 with the given arguments.
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1526 Otherwise, the prefixexp "call" metamethod is called,
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1527 having as first parameter the value of prefixexp,
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1528 followed by the original call arguments
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1529 (see <a href="#meta">Metatables and Metamethods</a>).
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1531
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1532 <p>
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1533 Arguments have the following syntax:
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1535 <p><tt><pre>
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1536 args ::= &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; [explist] &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo;
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1537 args ::= tableconstructor
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1538 args ::= LiteralString
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1539 </pre></tt></p>
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1540
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1541 <p>
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1542 All argument expressions are evaluated before the call.
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1543 A call of the form <tt>f{<i>fields</i>}</tt> is
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1544 syntactic sugar for <tt>f({<i>fields</i>})</tt>;
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1545 that is, the argument list is a single new table.
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1546 A call of the form <tt>f'<i>string</i>'</tt>
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1547 (or <tt>f"<i>string</i>"</tt> or <tt>f[[<i>string</i>]]</tt>)
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1548 is syntactic sugar for <tt>f('<i>string</i>')</tt>;
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1549 that is, the argument list is a single literal string.
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1550
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1551
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1552 <p>
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1553 A call of the form <tt>return <i>functioncall</i></tt> is called
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1554 a <i>tail call</i>.
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1555 Luan implements <i>proper tail calls</i>
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1556 (or <i>proper tail recursion</i>):
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1557 in a tail call,
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1558 the called function reuses the stack entry of the calling function.
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1559 Therefore, there is no limit on the number of nested tail calls that
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1560 a program can execute.
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1561 However, a tail call erases any debug information about the
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1562 calling function.
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1563 Note that a tail call only happens with a particular syntax,
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1564 where the <b>return</b> has one single function call as argument;
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1565 this syntax makes the calling function return exactly
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1566 the returns of the called function.
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1567 So, none of the following examples are tail calls:
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1568
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1569 <p><tt><pre>
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1570 return (f(x)) -- results adjusted to 1
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1571 return 2 * f(x)
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1572 return x, f(x) -- additional results
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1573 f(x); return -- results discarded
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1574 return x or f(x) -- results adjusted to 1
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1575 </pre></tt></p>
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1576
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1577
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1578
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1579
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1580 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="fn_def">Function Definitions</a></h4>
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1581
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1582 <p>
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1583 The syntax for function definition is
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1584
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1585 <p><tt><pre>
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1586 functiondef ::= <b>function</b> funcbody
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1587 funcbody ::= &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; [parlist] &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo; block <b>end</b>
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1588 </pre></tt></p>
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1589
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1590 <p>
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1591 The following syntactic sugar simplifies function definitions:
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1592
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1593 <p><tt><pre>
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1594 stat ::= <b>function</b> funcname funcbody
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1595 stat ::= <b>local</b> <b>function</b> Name funcbody
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1596 funcname ::= Name {&lsquo;<b>.</b>&rsquo; Name} [&lsquo;<b>:</b>&rsquo; Name]
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1597 </pre></tt></p>
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1598
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1599 <p>
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1600 The statement
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1601
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1602 <p><tt><pre>
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1603 function f () <i>body</i> end
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1604 </pre></tt></p>
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1605
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1606 <p>
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1607 translates to
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1608
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1609 <p><tt><pre>
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1610 f = function () <i>body</i> end
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1611 </pre></tt></p>
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1613 <p>
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1614 The statement
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1615
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1616 <p><tt><pre>
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1617 function t.a.b.c.f () <i>body</i> end
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1618 </pre></tt></p>
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1620 <p>
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1621 translates to
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1622
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1623 <p><tt><pre>
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1624 t.a.b.c.f = function () <i>body</i> end
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1625 </pre></tt></p>
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1627 <p>
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1628 The statement
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1629
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1630 <p><tt><pre>
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1631 local function f () <i>body</i> end
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1632 </pre></tt></p>
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1633
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1634 <p>
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1636
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1637 <p><tt><pre>
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1638 local f; f = function () <em>body</em> end
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1639 </pre></tt></p>
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1641 <p>
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1642 not to
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1643
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1644 <p><tt><pre>
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1645 local f = function () <em>body</em> end
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1646 </pre></tt></p>
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1648 <p>
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1649 (This only makes a difference when the body of the function
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1650 contains references to <tt>f</tt>.)
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1653 <p>
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1654 A function definition is an executable expression,
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1655 whose value has type <i>function</i>.
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1656 When Luan precompiles a chunk,
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1657 all its function bodies are precompiled too.
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1658 Then, whenever Luan executes the function definition,
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1659 the function is <i>instantiated</i> (or <i>closed</i>).
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1660 This function instance (or <i>closure</i>)
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1661 is the final value of the expression.
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1662
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1663
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1664 <p>
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1665 Parameters act as local variables that are
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1666 initialized with the argument values:
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1667
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1668 <p><tt><pre>
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1669 parlist ::= namelist [&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo;] | &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo;
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1670 </pre></tt></p>
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1671
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1672 <p>
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1673 When a function is called,
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1674 the list of arguments is adjusted to
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1675 the length of the list of parameters,
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1676 unless the function is a <i>vararg function</i>,
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1677 which is indicated by three dots ('<tt>...</tt>')
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1678 at the end of its parameter list.
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1679 A vararg function does not adjust its argument list;
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1680 instead, it collects all extra arguments and supplies them
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1681 to the function through a <i>vararg expression</i>,
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1682 which is also written as three dots.
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1683 The value of this expression is a list of all actual extra arguments,
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1684 similar to a function with multiple results.
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1685 If a vararg expression is used inside another expression
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1686 or in the middle of a list of expressions,
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1687 then its return list is adjusted to one element.
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1688 If the expression is used as the last element of a list of expressions,
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1689 then no adjustment is made
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1690 (unless that last expression is enclosed in parentheses).
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1691
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1692
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1693 <p>
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1694 As an example, consider the following definitions:
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1695
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1696 <p><tt><pre>
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1697 function f(a, b) end
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1698 function g(a, b, ...) end
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1699 function r() return 1,2,3 end
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1700 </pre></tt></p>
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1701
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1702 <p>
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1703 Then, we have the following mapping from arguments to parameters and
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1704 to the vararg expression:
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1705
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1706 <p><tt><pre>
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1707 CALL PARAMETERS
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1708
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1709 f(3) a=3, b=nil
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1710 f(3, 4) a=3, b=4
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1711 f(3, 4, 5) a=3, b=4
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1712 f(r(), 10) a=1, b=10
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1713 f(r()) a=1, b=2
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1714
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1715 g(3) a=3, b=nil, ... --&gt; (nothing)
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1716 g(3, 4) a=3, b=4, ... --&gt; (nothing)
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1717 g(3, 4, 5, 8) a=3, b=4, ... --&gt; 5 8
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1718 g(5, r()) a=5, b=1, ... --&gt; 2 3
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1719 </pre></tt></p>
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1720
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1721 <p>
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1722 Results are returned using the <b>return</b> statement (see <a href="#control">Control Structures</a>).
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1723 If control reaches the end of a function
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1724 without encountering a <b>return</b> statement,
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1725 then the function returns with no results.
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1726
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1727
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1728 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="template_expr">Template Expressions</a></h4>
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1729
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1730 <p>Luan template expression are based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaServer_Pages">JSP</a>. Template expressions return multiple values. Here is an example:</p>
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1731
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1732 <p><tt><pre><%=Html.encode[[
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1733 local name = "Bob"
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1734 write( %>Hello <%=name%>!<% )
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1735 ]]%></pre></tt></p>
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1736
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1737 <p>This is equivalent to the code:</p>
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1738
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1739 <p><tt><pre>
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1740 local name = "Bob"
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1741 write( "Hello ", name, "!" )
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1742 </pre></tt></p>
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1743
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1744 <p>The strings in template expressions may be multiple lines.</p>
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1745
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1746
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1747
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1748 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="visibility">Visibility Rules</a></h3>
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1749
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1750 <p>
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1751 Luan is a lexically scoped language.
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1752 The scope of a local variable begins at the first statement after
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1753 its declaration and lasts until the last non-void statement
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1754 of the innermost block that includes the declaration.
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1755 Consider the following example:
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1756
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1757 <p><tt><pre>
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1758 x = 10 -- global variable
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1759 do -- new block
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1760 local x = x -- new 'x', with value 10
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1761 print(x) --&gt; 10
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1762 x = x+1
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1763 do -- another block
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1764 local x = x+1 -- another 'x'
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1765 print(x) --&gt; 12
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1766 end
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1767 print(x) --&gt; 11
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1768 end
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1769 print(x) --&gt; 10 (the global one)
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1770 </pre></tt></p>
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1771
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1772 <p>
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1773 Notice that, in a declaration like <tt>local x = x</tt>,
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1774 the new <tt>x</tt> being declared is not in scope yet,
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1775 and so the second <tt>x</tt> refers to the outside variable.
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1776
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1777
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1778 <p>
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1779 Because of the lexical scoping rules,
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1780 local variables can be freely accessed by functions
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1781 defined inside their scope.
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1782 A local variable used by an inner function is called
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1783 an <i>upvalue</i>, or <i>external local variable</i>,
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1784 inside the inner function.
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1785
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1786
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1787 <p>
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1788 Notice that each execution of a <b>local</b> statement
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1789 defines new local variables.
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1790 Consider the following example:
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1791
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1792 <p><tt><pre>
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1793 a = {}
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1794 local x = 20
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1795 for i=1,10 do
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1796 local y = 0
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1797 a[i] = function () y=y+1; return x+y end
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1798 end
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1799 </pre></tt></p>
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1801 <p>
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1802 The loop creates ten closures
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1803 (that is, ten instances of the anonymous function).
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1804 Each of these closures uses a different <tt>y</tt> variable,
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1805 while all of them share the same <tt>x</tt>.
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1810
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1811 <h2 margin-top="1em"><a name="libs">Standard Libraries</a></h2>
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1812
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1813 <p>
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1814 The standard Luan libraries provide useful functions
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1815 that are implemented both in Java and in Luan itself.
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1816 How each function is implemented shouldn't matter to the user.
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1817 Some of these functions provide essential services to the language
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1818 (e.g., <a href="#pdf-type"><tt>type</tt></a> and <a href="#pdf-getmetatable"><tt>get_metatable</tt></a>);
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1819 others provide access to "outside" services (e.g., I/O).
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1820
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1821
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1822 <h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="default_lib">Default Environment</a></h3>
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1823
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1824 <p>
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1825 These are provided by default as local variables for any Luan code as described in <a href="#env">Environments</a>.
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1826
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1827 <h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="_ENV"><tt>_ENV</tt></a></h4>
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1828
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1829 <p>
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1830 This is a table that holds the global variables of a module as described in <a href="#env">Environments</a>.
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1833
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1834 <h2>6.1 &ndash; <a name="6.1">Basic Functions</a></h2>
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1835
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1836 <p>
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1837 The basic library provides core functions to Lua.
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1838 If you do not include this library in your application,
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1839 you should check carefully whether you need to provide
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1840 implementations for some of its facilities.
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1841
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1842
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1843 <p>
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1844 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-assert"><code>assert (v [, message])</code></a></h3>
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1846
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1847 <p>
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1848 Calls <a href="#pdf-error"><code>error</code></a> if
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1849 the value of its argument <code>v</code> is false (i.e., <b>nil</b> or <b>false</b>);
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1850 otherwise, returns all its arguments.
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1851 In case of error,
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1852 <code>message</code> is the error object;
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1853 when absent, it defaults to "<code>assertion failed!</code>"
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1858 <p>
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1859 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-collectgarbage"><code>collectgarbage ([opt [, arg]])</code></a></h3>
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1861
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1862 <p>
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1863 This function is a generic interface to the garbage collector.
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1864 It performs different functions according to its first argument, <code>opt</code>:
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1865
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1866 <ul>
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1867
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1868 <li><b>"<code>collect</code>": </b>
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1869 performs a full garbage-collection cycle.
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1870 This is the default option.
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1871 </li>
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1872
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1873 <li><b>"<code>stop</code>": </b>
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1874 stops automatic execution of the garbage collector.
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1875 The collector will run only when explicitly invoked,
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1876 until a call to restart it.
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1877 </li>
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1878
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1879 <li><b>"<code>restart</code>": </b>
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1880 restarts automatic execution of the garbage collector.
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1881 </li>
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1882
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1883 <li><b>"<code>count</code>": </b>
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1884 returns the total memory in use by Lua in Kbytes.
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1885 The value has a fractional part,
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1886 so that it multiplied by 1024
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1887 gives the exact number of bytes in use by Lua
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1888 (except for overflows).
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1889 </li>
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1890
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1891 <li><b>"<code>step</code>": </b>
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1892 performs a garbage-collection step.
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1893 The step "size" is controlled by <code>arg</code>.
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1894 With a zero value,
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1895 the collector will perform one basic (indivisible) step.
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1896 For non-zero values,
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1897 the collector will perform as if that amount of memory
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1898 (in KBytes) had been allocated by Lua.
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1899 Returns <b>true</b> if the step finished a collection cycle.
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1900 </li>
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1901
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1902 <li><b>"<code>setpause</code>": </b>
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1903 sets <code>arg</code> as the new value for the <em>pause</em> of
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1904 the collector (see <a href="#2.5">&sect;2.5</a>).
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1905 Returns the previous value for <em>pause</em>.
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1906 </li>
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1907
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1908 <li><b>"<code>setstepmul</code>": </b>
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1909 sets <code>arg</code> as the new value for the <em>step multiplier</em> of
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1910 the collector (see <a href="#2.5">&sect;2.5</a>).
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1911 Returns the previous value for <em>step</em>.
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1912 </li>
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1913
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1914 <li><b>"<code>isrunning</code>": </b>
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1915 returns a boolean that tells whether the collector is running
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1916 (i.e., not stopped).
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1917 </li>
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1918
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1919 </ul>
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1923 <p>
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1924 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-dofile"><code>dofile ([filename])</code></a></h3>
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1925 Opens the named file and executes its contents as a Lua chunk.
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1926 When called without arguments,
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1927 <code>dofile</code> executes the contents of the standard input (<code>stdin</code>).
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1928 Returns all values returned by the chunk.
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1929 In case of errors, <code>dofile</code> propagates the error
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1930 to its caller (that is, <code>dofile</code> does not run in protected mode).
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1931
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1933
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1934
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1935 <p>
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1936 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-error"><code>error (message [, level])</code></a></h3>
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1937 Terminates the last protected function called
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1938 and returns <code>message</code> as the error object.
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1939 Function <code>error</code> never returns.
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1940
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1941
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1942 <p>
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1943 Usually, <code>error</code> adds some information about the error position
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1944 at the beginning of the message, if the message is a string.
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1945 The <code>level</code> argument specifies how to get the error position.
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1947 <code>error</code> function was called.
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1948 Level&nbsp;2 points the error to where the function
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1949 that called <code>error</code> was called; and so on.
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1950 Passing a level&nbsp;0 avoids the addition of error position information
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1951 to the message.
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1956 <p>
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1957 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-_G"><code>_G</code></a></h3>
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1958 A global variable (not a function) that
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1959 holds the global environment (see <a href="#2.2">&sect;2.2</a>).
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1960 Lua itself does not use this variable;
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1961 changing its value does not affect any environment,
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1962 nor vice versa.
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1967 <p>
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1968 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-getmetatable"><code>getmetatable (object)</code></a></h3>
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1971 <p>
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1972 If <code>object</code> does not have a metatable, returns <b>nil</b>.
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1973 Otherwise,
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1974 if the object's metatable has a <code>"__metatable"</code> field,
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1975 returns the associated value.
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1976 Otherwise, returns the metatable of the given object.
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1978
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1979
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1980
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1981 <p>
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1982 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-ipairs"><code>ipairs (t)</code></a></h3>
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1984
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1985 <p>
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1986 Returns three values (an iterator function, the table <code>t</code>, and 0)
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1987 so that the construction
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1988
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1989 <pre>
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1990 for i,v in ipairs(t) do <em>body</em> end
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1991 </pre><p>
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1992 will iterate over the key&ndash;value pairs
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1993 (<code>1,t[1]</code>), (<code>2,t[2]</code>), ...,
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1994 up to the first nil value.
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999 <p>
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2000 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-load"><code>load (chunk [, chunkname [, mode [, env]]])</code></a></h3>
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2002
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2003 <p>
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2004 Loads a chunk.
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2005
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2006
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2007 <p>
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2008 If <code>chunk</code> is a string, the chunk is this string.
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2009 If <code>chunk</code> is a function,
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2010 <code>load</code> calls it repeatedly to get the chunk pieces.
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2011 Each call to <code>chunk</code> must return a string that concatenates
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2012 with previous results.
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2013 A return of an empty string, <b>nil</b>, or no value signals the end of the chunk.
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2014
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2015
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2016 <p>
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2017 If there are no syntactic errors,
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2018 returns the compiled chunk as a function;
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2019 otherwise, returns <b>nil</b> plus the error message.
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2020
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2021
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2022 <p>
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2023 If the resulting function has upvalues,
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2024 the first upvalue is set to the value of <code>env</code>,
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2025 if that parameter is given,
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2026 or to the value of the global environment.
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2027 Other upvalues are initialized with <b>nil</b>.
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2028 (When you load a main chunk,
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2029 the resulting function will always have exactly one upvalue,
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2030 the <code>_ENV</code> variable (see <a href="#2.2">&sect;2.2</a>).
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2031 However,
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2032 when you load a binary chunk created from a function (see <a href="#pdf-string.dump"><code>string.dump</code></a>),
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2033 the resulting function can have an arbitrary number of upvalues.)
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2034 All upvalues are fresh, that is,
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2035 they are not shared with any other function.
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2036
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2037
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2038 <p>
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2039 <code>chunkname</code> is used as the name of the chunk for error messages
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2040 and debug information (see <a href="#4.9">&sect;4.9</a>).
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2041 When absent,
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2042 it defaults to <code>chunk</code>, if <code>chunk</code> is a string,
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2043 or to "<code>=(load)</code>" otherwise.
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2044
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2045
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2046 <p>
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2047 The string <code>mode</code> controls whether the chunk can be text or binary
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2048 (that is, a precompiled chunk).
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2049 It may be the string "<code>b</code>" (only binary chunks),
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2050 "<code>t</code>" (only text chunks),
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2051 or "<code>bt</code>" (both binary and text).
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2052 The default is "<code>bt</code>".
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2053
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2054
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2055 <p>
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2056 Lua does not check the consistency of binary chunks.
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2057 Maliciously crafted binary chunks can crash
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2058 the interpreter.
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2059
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2060
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2061
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2062
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2063 <p>
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2064 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-loadfile"><code>loadfile ([filename [, mode [, env]]])</code></a></h3>
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2065
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2066
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2067 <p>
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2068 Similar to <a href="#pdf-load"><code>load</code></a>,
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2069 but gets the chunk from file <code>filename</code>
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2070 or from the standard input,
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2071 if no file name is given.
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2072
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2073
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2074
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2075
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2076 <p>
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2077 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-next"><code>next (table [, index])</code></a></h3>
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2078
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2079
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2080 <p>
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2081 Allows a program to traverse all fields of a table.
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2082 Its first argument is a table and its second argument
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2083 is an index in this table.
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2084 <code>next</code> returns the next index of the table
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2085 and its associated value.
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2086 When called with <b>nil</b> as its second argument,
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2087 <code>next</code> returns an initial index
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2088 and its associated value.
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2089 When called with the last index,
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2090 or with <b>nil</b> in an empty table,
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2091 <code>next</code> returns <b>nil</b>.
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2092 If the second argument is absent, then it is interpreted as <b>nil</b>.
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2093 In particular,
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2094 you can use <code>next(t)</code> to check whether a table is empty.
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2095
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2096
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2097 <p>
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2098 The order in which the indices are enumerated is not specified,
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2099 <em>even for numeric indices</em>.
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2100 (To traverse a table in numeric order,
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2101 use a numerical <b>for</b>.)
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2102
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2103
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2104 <p>
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2105 The behavior of <code>next</code> is undefined if,
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2106 during the traversal,
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2107 you assign any value to a non-existent field in the table.
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2108 You may however modify existing fields.
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2109 In particular, you may clear existing fields.
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2110
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2111
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2112
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2113
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2114 <p>
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2115 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-pairs"><code>pairs (t)</code></a></h3>
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2116
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2117
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2118 <p>
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2119 If <code>t</code> has a metamethod <code>__pairs</code>,
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2120 calls it with <code>t</code> as argument and returns the first three
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2121 results from the call.
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2122
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2123
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2124 <p>
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2125 Otherwise,
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2126 returns three values: the <a href="#pdf-next"><code>next</code></a> function, the table <code>t</code>, and <b>nil</b>,
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2127 so that the construction
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2128
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2129 <pre>
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2130 for k,v in pairs(t) do <em>body</em> end
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2131 </pre><p>
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2132 will iterate over all key&ndash;value pairs of table <code>t</code>.
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2133
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2134
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2135 <p>
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2136 See function <a href="#pdf-next"><code>next</code></a> for the caveats of modifying
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2137 the table during its traversal.
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2138
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2139
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2140
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2141
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2142 <p>
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2143 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-pcall"><code>pcall (f [, arg1, &middot;&middot;&middot;])</code></a></h3>
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2144
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2145
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2146 <p>
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2147 Calls function <code>f</code> with
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2148 the given arguments in <em>protected mode</em>.
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2149 This means that any error inside&nbsp;<code>f</code> is not propagated;
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2150 instead, <code>pcall</code> catches the error
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2151 and returns a status code.
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2152 Its first result is the status code (a boolean),
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2153 which is true if the call succeeds without errors.
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2154 In such case, <code>pcall</code> also returns all results from the call,
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2155 after this first result.
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2156 In case of any error, <code>pcall</code> returns <b>false</b> plus the error message.
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2157
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2158
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2159
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2160
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2161 <p>
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2162 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-print"><code>print (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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2163 Receives any number of arguments
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2164 and prints their values to <code>stdout</code>,
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2165 using the <a href="#pdf-tostring"><code>tostring</code></a> function to convert each argument to a string.
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2166 <code>print</code> is not intended for formatted output,
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2167 but only as a quick way to show a value,
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2168 for instance for debugging.
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2169 For complete control over the output,
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2170 use <a href="#pdf-string.format"><code>string.format</code></a> and <a href="#pdf-io.write"><code>io.write</code></a>.
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2171
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2172
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2173
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2174
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2175 <p>
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2176 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-rawequal"><code>rawequal (v1, v2)</code></a></h3>
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2177 Checks whether <code>v1</code> is equal to <code>v2</code>,
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2178 without invoking any metamethod.
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2179 Returns a boolean.
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2180
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2181
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2182
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2183
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2184 <p>
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2185 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-rawget"><code>rawget (table, index)</code></a></h3>
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2186 Gets the real value of <code>table[index]</code>,
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2187 without invoking any metamethod.
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2188 <code>table</code> must be a table;
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2189 <code>index</code> may be any value.
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2190
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2191
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2192
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2193
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2194 <p>
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2195 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-rawlen"><code>rawlen (v)</code></a></h3>
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2196 Returns the length of the object <code>v</code>,
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2197 which must be a table or a string,
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2198 without invoking any metamethod.
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2199 Returns an integer.
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2200
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2201
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2202
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2203
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2204 <p>
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2205 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-rawset"><code>rawset (table, index, value)</code></a></h3>
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2206 Sets the real value of <code>table[index]</code> to <code>value</code>,
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2207 without invoking any metamethod.
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2208 <code>table</code> must be a table,
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2209 <code>index</code> any value different from <b>nil</b> and NaN,
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2210 and <code>value</code> any Lua value.
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2211
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2212
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2213 <p>
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2214 This function returns <code>table</code>.
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2215
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2216
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2217
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2218
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2219 <p>
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2220 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-select"><code>select (index, &middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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2221
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2222
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2223 <p>
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2224 If <code>index</code> is a number,
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2225 returns all arguments after argument number <code>index</code>;
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2226 a negative number indexes from the end (-1 is the last argument).
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2227 Otherwise, <code>index</code> must be the string <code>"#"</code>,
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2228 and <code>select</code> returns the total number of extra arguments it received.
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2229
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2230
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2231
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2232
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2233 <p>
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2234 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-setmetatable"><code>setmetatable (table, metatable)</code></a></h3>
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2235
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2236
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2237 <p>
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2238 Sets the metatable for the given table.
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2239 (You cannot change the metatable of other types from Lua, only from&nbsp;C.)
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2240 If <code>metatable</code> is <b>nil</b>,
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2241 removes the metatable of the given table.
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2242 If the original metatable has a <code>"__metatable"</code> field,
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2243 raises an error.
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2244
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2245
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2246 <p>
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2247 This function returns <code>table</code>.
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2248
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2249
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2250
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2251
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2252 <p>
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2253 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-tonumber"><code>tonumber (e [, base])</code></a></h3>
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2254
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2255
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2256 <p>
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2257 When called with no <code>base</code>,
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2258 <code>tonumber</code> tries to convert its argument to a number.
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2259 If the argument is already a number or
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2260 a string convertible to a number,
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2261 then <code>tonumber</code> returns this number;
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2262 otherwise, it returns <b>nil</b>.
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2263
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2264
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2265 <p>
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2266 The conversion of strings can result in integers or floats,
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2267 according to the lexical conventions of Lua (see <a href="#3.1">&sect;3.1</a>).
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2268 (The string may have leading and trailing spaces and a sign.)
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2269
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2270
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2271 <p>
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2272 When called with <code>base</code>,
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2273 then <code>e</code> must be a string to be interpreted as
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2274 an integer numeral in that base.
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2275 The base may be any integer between 2 and 36, inclusive.
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2276 In bases above&nbsp;10, the letter '<code>A</code>' (in either upper or lower case)
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2277 represents&nbsp;10, '<code>B</code>' represents&nbsp;11, and so forth,
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2278 with '<code>Z</code>' representing 35.
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2279 If the string <code>e</code> is not a valid numeral in the given base,
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2280 the function returns <b>nil</b>.
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2281
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2282
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2283
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2284
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2285 <p>
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2286 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-tostring"><code>tostring (v)</code></a></h3>
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2287 Receives a value of any type and
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2288 converts it to a string in a human-readable format.
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2289 Floats always produce strings with some
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2290 floating-point indication (either a decimal dot or an exponent).
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2291 (For complete control of how numbers are converted,
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2292 use <a href="#pdf-string.format"><code>string.format</code></a>.)
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2293
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2294
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2295 <p>
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2296 If the metatable of <code>v</code> has a <code>"__to_string"</code> field,
371
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2297 then <code>tostring</code> calls the corresponding value
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2298 with <code>v</code> as argument,
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2299 and uses the result of the call as its result.
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2300
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2301
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2302
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2303
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2304 <p>
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2305 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-type"><code>type (v)</code></a></h3>
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2306 Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string.
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2307 The possible results of this function are
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2308 "<code>nil</code>" (a string, not the value <b>nil</b>),
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2309 "<code>number</code>",
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2310 "<code>string</code>",
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2311 "<code>boolean</code>",
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2312 "<code>table</code>",
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2313 "<code>function</code>",
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2314 "<code>thread</code>",
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2315 and "<code>userdata</code>".
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2316
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2317
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2318
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2319
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2320 <p>
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2321 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-_VERSION"><code>_VERSION</code></a></h3>
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2322 A global variable (not a function) that
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2323 holds a string containing the current interpreter version.
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2324 The current value of this variable is "<code>Lua 5.3</code>".
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2325
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2326
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2327
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2328
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2329 <p>
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2330 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-xpcall"><code>xpcall (f, msgh [, arg1, &middot;&middot;&middot;])</code></a></h3>
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2331
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2332
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2333 <p>
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2334 This function is similar to <a href="#pdf-pcall"><code>pcall</code></a>,
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2335 except that it sets a new message handler <code>msgh</code>.
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2336
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2337
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2338
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2339
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2340
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2341
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2342
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2343 <h2>6.2 &ndash; <a name="6.2">Coroutine Manipulation</a></h2>
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2344
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2345 <p>
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2346 The operations related to coroutines comprise a sub-library of
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2347 the basic library and come inside the table <a name="pdf-coroutine"><code>coroutine</code></a>.
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2348 See <a href="#2.6">&sect;2.6</a> for a general description of coroutines.
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2349
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2350
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2351 <p>
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2352 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.create"><code>coroutine.create (f)</code></a></h3>
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2353
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2354
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2355 <p>
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2356 Creates a new coroutine, with body <code>f</code>.
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2357 <code>f</code> must be a Lua function.
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2358 Returns this new coroutine,
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2359 an object with type <code>"thread"</code>.
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2360
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2361
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2362
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2363
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2364 <p>
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2365 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.isyieldable"><code>coroutine.isyieldable ()</code></a></h3>
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2366
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2368 <p>
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2369 Returns true when the running coroutine can yield.
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2370
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2371
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2372 <p>
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2373 A running coroutine is yieldable if it is not the main thread and
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2374 it is not inside a non-yieldable C function.
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2375
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2378
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2379 <p>
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2380 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.resume"><code>coroutine.resume (co [, val1, &middot;&middot;&middot;])</code></a></h3>
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2381
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2382
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2383 <p>
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2384 Starts or continues the execution of coroutine <code>co</code>.
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2385 The first time you resume a coroutine,
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2386 it starts running its body.
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2387 The values <code>val1</code>, ... are passed
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2388 as the arguments to the body function.
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2389 If the coroutine has yielded,
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2390 <code>resume</code> restarts it;
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2391 the values <code>val1</code>, ... are passed
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2392 as the results from the yield.
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2393
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2394
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2395 <p>
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2396 If the coroutine runs without any errors,
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2397 <code>resume</code> returns <b>true</b> plus any values passed to <code>yield</code>
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2398 (when the coroutine yields) or any values returned by the body function
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2399 (when the coroutine terminates).
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2400 If there is any error,
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2401 <code>resume</code> returns <b>false</b> plus the error message.
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2402
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2403
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2404
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2405
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2406 <p>
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2407 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.running"><code>coroutine.running ()</code></a></h3>
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2408
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2409
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2410 <p>
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2411 Returns the running coroutine plus a boolean,
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2412 true when the running coroutine is the main one.
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2413
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2414
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2415
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2416
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2417 <p>
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2418 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.status"><code>coroutine.status (co)</code></a></h3>
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2419
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2420
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2421 <p>
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2422 Returns the status of coroutine <code>co</code>, as a string:
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2423 <code>"running"</code>,
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2424 if the coroutine is running (that is, it called <code>status</code>);
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2425 <code>"suspended"</code>, if the coroutine is suspended in a call to <code>yield</code>,
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2426 or if it has not started running yet;
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2427 <code>"normal"</code> if the coroutine is active but not running
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2428 (that is, it has resumed another coroutine);
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2429 and <code>"dead"</code> if the coroutine has finished its body function,
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2430 or if it has stopped with an error.
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2431
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2432
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2433
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2434
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2435 <p>
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2436 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.wrap"><code>coroutine.wrap (f)</code></a></h3>
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2437
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2438
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2439 <p>
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2440 Creates a new coroutine, with body <code>f</code>.
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2441 <code>f</code> must be a Lua function.
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2442 Returns a function that resumes the coroutine each time it is called.
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2443 Any arguments passed to the function behave as the
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2444 extra arguments to <code>resume</code>.
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2445 Returns the same values returned by <code>resume</code>,
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2446 except the first boolean.
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2447 In case of error, propagates the error.
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2448
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2449
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2450
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2451
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2452 <p>
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2453 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-coroutine.yield"><code>coroutine.yield (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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2454
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2455
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2456 <p>
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2457 Suspends the execution of the calling coroutine.
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2458 Any arguments to <code>yield</code> are passed as extra results to <code>resume</code>.
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2459
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2460
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2461
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2462
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2463
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2464
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2465
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2466 <h2>6.3 &ndash; <a name="6.3">Modules</a></h2>
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2467
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2468 <p>
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2469 The package library provides basic
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2470 facilities for loading modules in Lua.
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2471 It exports one function directly in the global environment:
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2472 <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>.
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2473 Everything else is exported in a table <a name="pdf-package"><code>package</code></a>.
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2474
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2475
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2476 <p>
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2477 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-require"><code>require (modname)</code></a></h3>
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2478
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2479
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2480 <p>
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2481 Loads the given module.
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2482 The function starts by looking into the <a href="#pdf-package.loaded"><code>package.loaded</code></a> table
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2483 to determine whether <code>modname</code> is already loaded.
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2484 If it is, then <code>require</code> returns the value stored
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2485 at <code>package.loaded[modname]</code>.
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2486 Otherwise, it tries to find a <em>loader</em> for the module.
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2487
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2488
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2489 <p>
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2490 To find a loader,
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2491 <code>require</code> is guided by the <a href="#pdf-package.searchers"><code>package.searchers</code></a> sequence.
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2492 By changing this sequence,
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2493 we can change how <code>require</code> looks for a module.
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2494 The following explanation is based on the default configuration
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2495 for <a href="#pdf-package.searchers"><code>package.searchers</code></a>.
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2496
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2497
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2498 <p>
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2499 First <code>require</code> queries <code>package.preload[modname]</code>.
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2500 If it has a value,
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2501 this value (which must be a function) is the loader.
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2502 Otherwise <code>require</code> searches for a Lua loader using the
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2503 path stored in <a href="#pdf-package.path"><code>package.path</code></a>.
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2504 If that also fails, it searches for a C&nbsp;loader using the
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2505 path stored in <a href="#pdf-package.cpath"><code>package.cpath</code></a>.
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2506 If that also fails,
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2507 it tries an <em>all-in-one</em> loader (see <a href="#pdf-package.searchers"><code>package.searchers</code></a>).
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2508
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2509
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2510 <p>
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2511 Once a loader is found,
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2512 <code>require</code> calls the loader with two arguments:
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2513 <code>modname</code> and an extra value dependent on how it got the loader.
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2514 (If the loader came from a file,
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2515 this extra value is the file name.)
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2516 If the loader returns any non-nil value,
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2517 <code>require</code> assigns the returned value to <code>package.loaded[modname]</code>.
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2518 If the loader does not return a non-nil value and
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2519 has not assigned any value to <code>package.loaded[modname]</code>,
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2520 then <code>require</code> assigns <b>true</b> to this entry.
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2521 In any case, <code>require</code> returns the
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2522 final value of <code>package.loaded[modname]</code>.
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2523
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2524
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2525 <p>
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2526 If there is any error loading or running the module,
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2527 or if it cannot find any loader for the module,
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2528 then <code>require</code> raises an error.
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2529
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2530
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2531
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2532
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2533 <p>
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2534 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.config"><code>package.config</code></a></h3>
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2535
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2536
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2537 <p>
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2538 A string describing some compile-time configurations for packages.
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2539 This string is a sequence of lines:
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2540
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2541 <ul>
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2542
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2543 <li>The first line is the directory separator string.
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2544 Default is '<code>\</code>' for Windows and '<code>/</code>' for all other systems.</li>
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2545
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2546 <li>The second line is the character that separates templates in a path.
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2547 Default is '<code>;</code>'.</li>
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2548
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2549 <li>The third line is the string that marks the
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2550 substitution points in a template.
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2551 Default is '<code>?</code>'.</li>
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2552
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2553 <li>The fourth line is a string that, in a path in Windows,
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2554 is replaced by the executable's directory.
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2555 Default is '<code>!</code>'.</li>
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2556
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2557 <li>The fifth line is a mark to ignore all text after it
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2558 when building the <code>luaopen_</code> function name.
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2559 Default is '<code>-</code>'.</li>
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2560
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2561 </ul>
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2562
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2563
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2564
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2565 <p>
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2566 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.cpath"><code>package.cpath</code></a></h3>
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2567
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2568
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2569 <p>
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2570 The path used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> to search for a C&nbsp;loader.
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2571
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2572
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2573 <p>
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2574 Lua initializes the C&nbsp;path <a href="#pdf-package.cpath"><code>package.cpath</code></a> in the same way
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2575 it initializes the Lua path <a href="#pdf-package.path"><code>package.path</code></a>,
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2576 using the environment variable <a name="pdf-LUA_CPATH_5_3"><code>LUA_CPATH_5_3</code></a>
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2577 or the environment variable <a name="pdf-LUA_CPATH"><code>LUA_CPATH</code></a>
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2578 or a default path defined in <code>luaconf.h</code>.
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2579
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2580
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2581
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2582
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2583 <p>
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2584 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.loaded"><code>package.loaded</code></a></h3>
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2585
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2586
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2587 <p>
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2588 A table used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> to control which
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2589 modules are already loaded.
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2590 When you require a module <code>modname</code> and
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2591 <code>package.loaded[modname]</code> is not false,
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2592 <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> simply returns the value stored there.
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2593
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2594
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2595 <p>
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2596 This variable is only a reference to the real table;
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2597 assignments to this variable do not change the
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2598 table used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>.
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2599
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2600
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2601
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2602
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2603 <p>
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2604 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.loadlib"><code>package.loadlib (libname, funcname)</code></a></h3>
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2605
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2606
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2607 <p>
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2608 Dynamically links the host program with the C&nbsp;library <code>libname</code>.
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2609
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2610
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2611 <p>
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2612 If <code>funcname</code> is "<code>*</code>",
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2613 then it only links with the library,
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2614 making the symbols exported by the library
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2615 available to other dynamically linked libraries.
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2616 Otherwise,
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2617 it looks for a function <code>funcname</code> inside the library
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2618 and returns this function as a C&nbsp;function.
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2619 So, <code>funcname</code> must follow the <a href="#lua_CFunction"><code>lua_CFunction</code></a> prototype
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2620 (see <a href="#lua_CFunction"><code>lua_CFunction</code></a>).
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2621
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2622
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2623 <p>
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2624 This is a low-level function.
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2625 It completely bypasses the package and module system.
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2626 Unlike <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>,
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2627 it does not perform any path searching and
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2628 does not automatically adds extensions.
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2629 <code>libname</code> must be the complete file name of the C&nbsp;library,
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2630 including if necessary a path and an extension.
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2631 <code>funcname</code> must be the exact name exported by the C&nbsp;library
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2632 (which may depend on the C&nbsp;compiler and linker used).
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2633
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2634
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2635 <p>
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2636 This function is not supported by Standard&nbsp;C.
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2637 As such, it is only available on some platforms
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2638 (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD,
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2639 plus other Unix systems that support the <code>dlfcn</code> standard).
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2641
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2643
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2644 <p>
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2645 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.path"><code>package.path</code></a></h3>
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2646
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2647
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2648 <p>
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2649 The path used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> to search for a Lua loader.
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2650
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2651
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2652 <p>
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2653 At start-up, Lua initializes this variable with
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2654 the value of the environment variable <a name="pdf-LUA_PATH_5_3"><code>LUA_PATH_5_3</code></a> or
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2655 the environment variable <a name="pdf-LUA_PATH"><code>LUA_PATH</code></a> or
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2656 with a default path defined in <code>luaconf.h</code>,
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2657 if those environment variables are not defined.
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2658 Any "<code>;;</code>" in the value of the environment variable
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2659 is replaced by the default path.
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2660
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2661
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2662
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2663
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2664 <p>
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2665 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.preload"><code>package.preload</code></a></h3>
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2666
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2667
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2668 <p>
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2669 A table to store loaders for specific modules
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2670 (see <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>).
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2671
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2672
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2673 <p>
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2674 This variable is only a reference to the real table;
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2675 assignments to this variable do not change the
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2676 table used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>.
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2677
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2678
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2679
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2680
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2681 <p>
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2682 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.searchers"><code>package.searchers</code></a></h3>
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2683
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2684
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2685 <p>
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2686 A table used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> to control how to load modules.
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2687
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2688
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2689 <p>
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2690 Each entry in this table is a <em>searcher function</em>.
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2691 When looking for a module,
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2692 <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a> calls each of these searchers in ascending order,
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2693 with the module name (the argument given to <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>) as its
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2694 sole parameter.
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2695 The function can return another function (the module <em>loader</em>)
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2696 plus an extra value that will be passed to that loader,
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2697 or a string explaining why it did not find that module
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2698 (or <b>nil</b> if it has nothing to say).
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2699
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2700
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2701 <p>
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2702 Lua initializes this table with four searcher functions.
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2703
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2704
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2705 <p>
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2706 The first searcher simply looks for a loader in the
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2707 <a href="#pdf-package.preload"><code>package.preload</code></a> table.
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2708
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2709
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2710 <p>
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2711 The second searcher looks for a loader as a Lua library,
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2712 using the path stored at <a href="#pdf-package.path"><code>package.path</code></a>.
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2713 The search is done as described in function <a href="#pdf-package.searchpath"><code>package.searchpath</code></a>.
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2714
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2715
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2716 <p>
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2717 The third searcher looks for a loader as a C&nbsp;library,
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2718 using the path given by the variable <a href="#pdf-package.cpath"><code>package.cpath</code></a>.
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2719 Again,
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2720 the search is done as described in function <a href="#pdf-package.searchpath"><code>package.searchpath</code></a>.
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2721 For instance,
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2722 if the C&nbsp;path is the string
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2723
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2724 <pre>
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2725 "./?.so;./?.dll;/usr/local/?/init.so"
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2726 </pre><p>
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2727 the searcher for module <code>foo</code>
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2728 will try to open the files <code>./foo.so</code>, <code>./foo.dll</code>,
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2729 and <code>/usr/local/foo/init.so</code>, in that order.
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2730 Once it finds a C&nbsp;library,
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2731 this searcher first uses a dynamic link facility to link the
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2732 application with the library.
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2733 Then it tries to find a C&nbsp;function inside the library to
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2734 be used as the loader.
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2735 The name of this C&nbsp;function is the string "<code>luaopen_</code>"
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2736 concatenated with a copy of the module name where each dot
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2737 is replaced by an underscore.
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2738 Moreover, if the module name has a hyphen,
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2739 its suffix after (and including) the first hyphen is removed.
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2740 For instance, if the module name is <code>a.b.c-v2.1</code>,
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2741 the function name will be <code>luaopen_a_b_c</code>.
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2742
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2743
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2744 <p>
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2745 The fourth searcher tries an <em>all-in-one loader</em>.
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2746 It searches the C&nbsp;path for a library for
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2747 the root name of the given module.
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2748 For instance, when requiring <code>a.b.c</code>,
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2749 it will search for a C&nbsp;library for <code>a</code>.
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2750 If found, it looks into it for an open function for
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2751 the submodule;
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2752 in our example, that would be <code>luaopen_a_b_c</code>.
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2753 With this facility, a package can pack several C&nbsp;submodules
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2754 into one single library,
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2755 with each submodule keeping its original open function.
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2756
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2757
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2758 <p>
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2759 All searchers except the first one (preload) return as the extra value
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2760 the file name where the module was found,
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2761 as returned by <a href="#pdf-package.searchpath"><code>package.searchpath</code></a>.
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2762 The first searcher returns no extra value.
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2763
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2764
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2765
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2766
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2767 <p>
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2768 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-package.searchpath"><code>package.searchpath (name, path [, sep [, rep]])</code></a></h3>
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2769
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2770
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2771 <p>
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2772 Searches for the given <code>name</code> in the given <code>path</code>.
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2773
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2774
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2775 <p>
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2776 A path is a string containing a sequence of
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2777 <em>templates</em> separated by semicolons.
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2778 For each template,
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2779 the function replaces each interrogation mark (if any)
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2780 in the template with a copy of <code>name</code>
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2781 wherein all occurrences of <code>sep</code>
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2782 (a dot, by default)
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2783 were replaced by <code>rep</code>
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2784 (the system's directory separator, by default),
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2785 and then tries to open the resulting file name.
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2786
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2787
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2788 <p>
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2789 For instance, if the path is the string
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2790
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2791 <pre>
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2792 "./?.lua;./?.lc;/usr/local/?/init.lua"
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2793 </pre><p>
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2794 the search for the name <code>foo.a</code>
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2795 will try to open the files
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2796 <code>./foo/a.lua</code>, <code>./foo/a.lc</code>, and
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2797 <code>/usr/local/foo/a/init.lua</code>, in that order.
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2798
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2799
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2800 <p>
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2801 Returns the resulting name of the first file that it can
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2802 open in read mode (after closing the file),
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2803 or <b>nil</b> plus an error message if none succeeds.
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2804 (This error message lists all file names it tried to open.)
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2805
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2806
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2807
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2808
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2809
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2810
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2811
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2812 <h2>6.4 &ndash; <a name="6.4">String Manipulation</a></h2>
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2813
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2814 <p>
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2815 This library provides generic functions for string manipulation,
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2816 such as finding and extracting substrings, and pattern matching.
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2817 When indexing a string in Lua, the first character is at position&nbsp;1
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2818 (not at&nbsp;0, as in C).
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2819 Indices are allowed to be negative and are interpreted as indexing backwards,
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2820 from the end of the string.
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2821 Thus, the last character is at position -1, and so on.
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2822
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2823
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2824 <p>
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2825 The string library provides all its functions inside the table
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2826 <a name="pdf-string"><code>string</code></a>.
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2827 It also sets a metatable for strings
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2828 where the <code>__index</code> field points to the <code>string</code> table.
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2829 Therefore, you can use the string functions in object-oriented style.
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2830 For instance, <code>string.byte(s,i)</code>
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2831 can be written as <code>s:byte(i)</code>.
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2832
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2833
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2834 <p>
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2835 The string library assumes one-byte character encodings.
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2836
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2837
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2838 <p>
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2839 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.byte"><code>string.byte (s [, i [, j]])</code></a></h3>
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2840 Returns the internal numerical codes of the characters <code>s[i]</code>,
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2841 <code>s[i+1]</code>, ..., <code>s[j]</code>.
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2842 The default value for <code>i</code> is&nbsp;1;
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2843 the default value for <code>j</code> is&nbsp;<code>i</code>.
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2844 These indices are corrected
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2845 following the same rules of function <a href="#pdf-string.sub"><code>string.sub</code></a>.
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2846
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2847
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2848 <p>
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2849 Numerical codes are not necessarily portable across platforms.
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2850
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2851
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2852
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2853
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2854 <p>
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2855 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.char"><code>string.char (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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2856 Receives zero or more integers.
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2857 Returns a string with length equal to the number of arguments,
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2858 in which each character has the internal numerical code equal
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2859 to its corresponding argument.
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2860
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2861
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2862 <p>
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2863 Numerical codes are not necessarily portable across platforms.
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2864
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2865
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2866
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2867
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2868 <p>
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2869 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.dump"><code>string.dump (function [, strip])</code></a></h3>
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2870
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2871
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2872 <p>
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2873 Returns a string containing a binary representation
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2874 (a <em>binary chunk</em>)
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2875 of the given function,
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2876 so that a later <a href="#pdf-load"><code>load</code></a> on this string returns
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2877 a copy of the function (but with new upvalues).
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2878 If <code>strip</code> is a true value,
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2879 the binary representation is created without debug information
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2880 about the function
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2881 (local variable names, lines, etc.).
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2882
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2883
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2884 <p>
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2885 Functions with upvalues have only their number of upvalues saved.
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2886 When (re)loaded,
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2887 those upvalues receive fresh instances containing <b>nil</b>.
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2888 (You can use the debug library to serialize
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2889 and reload the upvalues of a function
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2890 in a way adequate to your needs.)
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2891
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2892
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2893
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2894
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2895 <p>
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2896 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.find"><code>string.find (s, pattern [, init [, plain]])</code></a></h3>
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2897
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2898
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2899 <p>
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2900 Looks for the first match of
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2901 <code>pattern</code> (see <a href="#6.4.1">&sect;6.4.1</a>) in the string <code>s</code>.
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2902 If it finds a match, then <code>find</code> returns the indices of&nbsp;<code>s</code>
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2903 where this occurrence starts and ends;
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2904 otherwise, it returns <b>nil</b>.
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2905 A third, optional numerical argument <code>init</code> specifies
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2906 where to start the search;
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2907 its default value is&nbsp;1 and can be negative.
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2908 A value of <b>true</b> as a fourth, optional argument <code>plain</code>
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2909 turns off the pattern matching facilities,
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2910 so the function does a plain "find substring" operation,
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2911 with no characters in <code>pattern</code> being considered magic.
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2912 Note that if <code>plain</code> is given, then <code>init</code> must be given as well.
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2913
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2914
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2915 <p>
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2916 If the pattern has captures,
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2917 then in a successful match
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2918 the captured values are also returned,
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2919 after the two indices.
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2920
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2921
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2922
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2923
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2924 <p>
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2925 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.format"><code>string.format (formatstring, &middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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2926
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2927
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2928 <p>
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2929 Returns a formatted version of its variable number of arguments
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2930 following the description given in its first argument (which must be a string).
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2931 The format string follows the same rules as the ISO&nbsp;C function <code>sprintf</code>.
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2932 The only differences are that the options/modifiers
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2933 <code>*</code>, <code>h</code>, <code>L</code>, <code>l</code>, <code>n</code>,
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2934 and <code>p</code> are not supported
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2935 and that there is an extra option, <code>q</code>.
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2936 The <code>q</code> option formats a string between double quotes,
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2937 using escape sequences when necessary to ensure that
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2938 it can safely be read back by the Lua interpreter.
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2939 For instance, the call
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2940
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2941 <pre>
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2942 string.format('%q', 'a string with "quotes" and \n new line')
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2943 </pre><p>
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2944 may produce the string:
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2945
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2946 <pre>
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2947 "a string with \"quotes\" and \
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2948 new line"
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2949 </pre>
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2950
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2951 <p>
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2952 Options
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2953 <code>A</code> and <code>a</code> (when available),
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2954 <code>E</code>, <code>e</code>, <code>f</code>,
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2955 <code>G</code>, and <code>g</code> all expect a number as argument.
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2956 Options <code>c</code>, <code>d</code>,
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2957 <code>i</code>, <code>o</code>, <code>u</code>, <code>X</code>, and <code>x</code>
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2958 expect an integer.
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2959 Option <code>q</code> expects a string;
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2960 option <code>s</code> expects a string without embedded zeros.
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2961 If the argument to option <code>s</code> is not a string,
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2962 it is converted to one following the same rules of <a href="#pdf-tostring"><code>tostring</code></a>.
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2963
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2964
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2965
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2966
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2967 <p>
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2968 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.gmatch"><code>string.gmatch (s, pattern)</code></a></h3>
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2969 Returns an iterator function that,
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2970 each time it is called,
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2971 returns the next captures from <code>pattern</code> (see <a href="#6.4.1">&sect;6.4.1</a>)
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2972 over the string <code>s</code>.
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2973 If <code>pattern</code> specifies no captures,
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2974 then the whole match is produced in each call.
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2975
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2976
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2977 <p>
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2978 As an example, the following loop
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2979 will iterate over all the words from string <code>s</code>,
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2980 printing one per line:
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2981
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2982 <pre>
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2983 s = "hello world from Lua"
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2984 for w in string.gmatch(s, "%a+") do
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2985 print(w)
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2986 end
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2987 </pre><p>
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2988 The next example collects all pairs <code>key=value</code> from the
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2989 given string into a table:
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2990
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2991 <pre>
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2992 t = {}
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2993 s = "from=world, to=Lua"
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2994 for k, v in string.gmatch(s, "(%w+)=(%w+)") do
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2995 t[k] = v
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2996 end
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2997 </pre>
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2998
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2999 <p>
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3000 For this function, a caret '<code>^</code>' at the start of a pattern does not
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3001 work as an anchor, as this would prevent the iteration.
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3002
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3003
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3004
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3005
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3006 <p>
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3007 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.gsub"><code>string.gsub (s, pattern, repl [, n])</code></a></h3>
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3008 Returns a copy of <code>s</code>
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3009 in which all (or the first <code>n</code>, if given)
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3010 occurrences of the <code>pattern</code> (see <a href="#6.4.1">&sect;6.4.1</a>) have been
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3011 replaced by a replacement string specified by <code>repl</code>,
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3012 which can be a string, a table, or a function.
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3013 <code>gsub</code> also returns, as its second value,
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3014 the total number of matches that occurred.
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3015 The name <code>gsub</code> comes from <em>Global SUBstitution</em>.
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3016
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3017
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3018 <p>
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3019 If <code>repl</code> is a string, then its value is used for replacement.
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3020 The character&nbsp;<code>%</code> works as an escape character:
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3021 any sequence in <code>repl</code> of the form <code>%<em>d</em></code>,
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3022 with <em>d</em> between 1 and 9,
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3023 stands for the value of the <em>d</em>-th captured substring.
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3024 The sequence <code>%0</code> stands for the whole match.
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3025 The sequence <code>%%</code> stands for a single&nbsp;<code>%</code>.
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3026
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3027
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3028 <p>
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3029 If <code>repl</code> is a table, then the table is queried for every match,
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3030 using the first capture as the key.
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3031
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3032
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3033 <p>
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3034 If <code>repl</code> is a function, then this function is called every time a
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3035 match occurs, with all captured substrings passed as arguments,
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3036 in order.
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3037
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3038
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3039 <p>
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3040 In any case,
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3041 if the pattern specifies no captures,
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3042 then it behaves as if the whole pattern was inside a capture.
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3043
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3044
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3045 <p>
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3046 If the value returned by the table query or by the function call
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3047 is a string or a number,
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3048 then it is used as the replacement string;
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3049 otherwise, if it is <b>false</b> or <b>nil</b>,
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3050 then there is no replacement
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3051 (that is, the original match is kept in the string).
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3052
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3053
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3054 <p>
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3055 Here are some examples:
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3056
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3057 <pre>
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3058 x = string.gsub("hello world", "(%w+)", "%1 %1")
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3059 --&gt; x="hello hello world world"
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3060
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3061 x = string.gsub("hello world", "%w+", "%0 %0", 1)
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3062 --&gt; x="hello hello world"
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3063
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3064 x = string.gsub("hello world from Lua", "(%w+)%s*(%w+)", "%2 %1")
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3065 --&gt; x="world hello Lua from"
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3066
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3067 x = string.gsub("home = $HOME, user = $USER", "%$(%w+)", os.getenv)
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3068 --&gt; x="home = /home/roberto, user = roberto"
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3069
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3070 x = string.gsub("4+5 = $return 4+5$", "%$(.-)%$", function (s)
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3071 return load(s)()
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3072 end)
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3073 --&gt; x="4+5 = 9"
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3074
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3075 local t = {name="lua", version="5.3"}
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3076 x = string.gsub("$name-$version.tar.gz", "%$(%w+)", t)
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3077 --&gt; x="lua-5.3.tar.gz"
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3078 </pre>
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3079
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3080
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3081
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3082 <p>
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3083 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.len"><code>string.len (s)</code></a></h3>
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3084 Receives a string and returns its length.
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3085 The empty string <code>""</code> has length 0.
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3086 Embedded zeros are counted,
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3087 so <code>"a\000bc\000"</code> has length 5.
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3088
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3089
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3090
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3091
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3092 <p>
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3093 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.lower"><code>string.lower (s)</code></a></h3>
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3094 Receives a string and returns a copy of this string with all
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3095 uppercase letters changed to lowercase.
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3096 All other characters are left unchanged.
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3097 The definition of what an uppercase letter is depends on the current locale.
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3098
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3099
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3100
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3101
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3102 <p>
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3103 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.match"><code>string.match (s, pattern [, init])</code></a></h3>
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3104 Looks for the first <em>match</em> of
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3105 <code>pattern</code> (see <a href="#6.4.1">&sect;6.4.1</a>) in the string <code>s</code>.
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3106 If it finds one, then <code>match</code> returns
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3107 the captures from the pattern;
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3108 otherwise it returns <b>nil</b>.
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3109 If <code>pattern</code> specifies no captures,
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3110 then the whole match is returned.
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3111 A third, optional numerical argument <code>init</code> specifies
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3112 where to start the search;
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3113 its default value is&nbsp;1 and can be negative.
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3114
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3115
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3116
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3117
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3118 <p>
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3119 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack (fmt, v1, v2, &middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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3120
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3121
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3122 <p>
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3123 Returns a binary string containing the values <code>v1</code>, <code>v2</code>, etc.
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3124 packed (that is, serialized in binary form)
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3125 according to the format string <code>fmt</code> (see <a href="#6.4.2">&sect;6.4.2</a>).
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3126
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3127
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3128
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3129
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3130 <p>
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3131 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.packsize"><code>string.packsize (fmt)</code></a></h3>
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3132
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3133
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3134 <p>
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3135 Returns the size of a string resulting from <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a>
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3136 with the given format.
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3137 The format string cannot have the variable-length options
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3138 '<code>s</code>' or '<code>z</code>' (see <a href="#6.4.2">&sect;6.4.2</a>).
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3139
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3140
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3141
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3142
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3143 <p>
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3144 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.rep"><code>string.rep (s, n [, sep])</code></a></h3>
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3145 Returns a string that is the concatenation of <code>n</code> copies of
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3146 the string <code>s</code> separated by the string <code>sep</code>.
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3147 The default value for <code>sep</code> is the empty string
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3148 (that is, no separator).
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3149 Returns the empty string if <code>n</code> is not positive.
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3150
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3151
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3152
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3153
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3154 <p>
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3155 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.reverse"><code>string.reverse (s)</code></a></h3>
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3156 Returns a string that is the string <code>s</code> reversed.
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3157
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3158
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3159
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3160
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3161 <p>
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3162 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.sub"><code>string.sub (s, i [, j])</code></a></h3>
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3163 Returns the substring of <code>s</code> that
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3164 starts at <code>i</code> and continues until <code>j</code>;
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3165 <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> can be negative.
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3166 If <code>j</code> is absent, then it is assumed to be equal to -1
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3167 (which is the same as the string length).
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3168 In particular,
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3169 the call <code>string.sub(s,1,j)</code> returns a prefix of <code>s</code>
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3170 with length <code>j</code>,
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3171 and <code>string.sub(s, -i)</code> returns a suffix of <code>s</code>
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3172 with length <code>i</code>.
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3173
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3174
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3175 <p>
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3176 If, after the translation of negative indices,
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3177 <code>i</code> is less than 1,
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3178 it is corrected to 1.
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3179 If <code>j</code> is greater than the string length,
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3180 it is corrected to that length.
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3181 If, after these corrections,
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3182 <code>i</code> is greater than <code>j</code>,
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3183 the function returns the empty string.
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3184
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3185
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3186
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3187
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3188 <p>
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3189 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.unpack"><code>string.unpack (fmt, s [, pos])</code></a></h3>
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3190
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3191
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3192 <p>
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3193 Returns the values packed in string <code>s</code> (see <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a>)
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3194 according to the format string <code>fmt</code> (see <a href="#6.4.2">&sect;6.4.2</a>).
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3195 An optional <code>pos</code> marks where
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3196 to start reading in <code>s</code> (default is 1).
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3197 After the read values,
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3198 this function also returns the index of the first unread byte in <code>s</code>.
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3199
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3200
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3201
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3202
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3203 <p>
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3204 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-string.upper"><code>string.upper (s)</code></a></h3>
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3205 Receives a string and returns a copy of this string with all
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3206 lowercase letters changed to uppercase.
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3207 All other characters are left unchanged.
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3208 The definition of what a lowercase letter is depends on the current locale.
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3209
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3210
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3211
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3212
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3213
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3214 <h3>6.4.1 &ndash; <a name="6.4.1">Patterns</a></h3>
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3215
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3216 <p>
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3217 Patterns in Lua are described by regular strings,
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3218 which are interpreted as patterns by the pattern-matching functions
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3219 <a href="#pdf-string.find"><code>string.find</code></a>,
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3220 <a href="#pdf-string.gmatch"><code>string.gmatch</code></a>,
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3221 <a href="#pdf-string.gsub"><code>string.gsub</code></a>,
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3222 and <a href="#pdf-string.match"><code>string.match</code></a>.
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3223 This section describes the syntax and the meaning
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3224 (that is, what they match) of these strings.
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3225
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3226
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3227
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3228 <h4>Character Class:</h4><p>
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3229 A <em>character class</em> is used to represent a set of characters.
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3230 The following combinations are allowed in describing a character class:
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3231
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3232 <ul>
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3233
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3234 <li><b><em>x</em>: </b>
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3235 (where <em>x</em> is not one of the <em>magic characters</em>
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3236 <code>^$()%.[]*+-?</code>)
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3237 represents the character <em>x</em> itself.
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3238 </li>
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3239
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3240 <li><b><code>.</code>: </b> (a dot) represents all characters.</li>
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3241
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3242 <li><b><code>%a</code>: </b> represents all letters.</li>
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3243
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3244 <li><b><code>%c</code>: </b> represents all control characters.</li>
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3245
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3246 <li><b><code>%d</code>: </b> represents all digits.</li>
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3247
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3248 <li><b><code>%g</code>: </b> represents all printable characters except space.</li>
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3249
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3250 <li><b><code>%l</code>: </b> represents all lowercase letters.</li>
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3251
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3252 <li><b><code>%p</code>: </b> represents all punctuation characters.</li>
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3253
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3254 <li><b><code>%s</code>: </b> represents all space characters.</li>
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3255
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3256 <li><b><code>%u</code>: </b> represents all uppercase letters.</li>
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3257
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3258 <li><b><code>%w</code>: </b> represents all alphanumeric characters.</li>
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3259
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3260 <li><b><code>%x</code>: </b> represents all hexadecimal digits.</li>
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3261
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3262 <li><b><code>%<em>x</em></code>: </b> (where <em>x</em> is any non-alphanumeric character)
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3263 represents the character <em>x</em>.
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3264 This is the standard way to escape the magic characters.
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3265 Any non-alphanumeric character
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3266 (including all punctuations, even the non-magical)
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3267 can be preceded by a '<code>%</code>'
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3268 when used to represent itself in a pattern.
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3269 </li>
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3270
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3271 <li><b><code>[<em>set</em>]</code>: </b>
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3272 represents the class which is the union of all
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3273 characters in <em>set</em>.
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3274 A range of characters can be specified by
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3275 separating the end characters of the range,
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3276 in ascending order, with a '<code>-</code>'.
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3277 All classes <code>%</code><em>x</em> described above can also be used as
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3278 components in <em>set</em>.
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3279 All other characters in <em>set</em> represent themselves.
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3280 For example, <code>[%w_]</code> (or <code>[_%w]</code>)
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3281 represents all alphanumeric characters plus the underscore,
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3282 <code>[0-7]</code> represents the octal digits,
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3283 and <code>[0-7%l%-]</code> represents the octal digits plus
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3284 the lowercase letters plus the '<code>-</code>' character.
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3285
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3286
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3287 <p>
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3288 The interaction between ranges and classes is not defined.
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3289 Therefore, patterns like <code>[%a-z]</code> or <code>[a-%%]</code>
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3290 have no meaning.
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3291 </li>
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3292
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3293 <li><b><code>[^<em>set</em>]</code>: </b>
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3294 represents the complement of <em>set</em>,
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3295 where <em>set</em> is interpreted as above.
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3296 </li>
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3297
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3298 </ul><p>
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3299 For all classes represented by single letters (<code>%a</code>, <code>%c</code>, etc.),
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3300 the corresponding uppercase letter represents the complement of the class.
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3301 For instance, <code>%S</code> represents all non-space characters.
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3302
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3303
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3304 <p>
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3305 The definitions of letter, space, and other character groups
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3306 depend on the current locale.
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3307 In particular, the class <code>[a-z]</code> may not be equivalent to <code>%l</code>.
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3308
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3309
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3310
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3311
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3312
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3313 <h4>Pattern Item:</h4><p>
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3314 A <em>pattern item</em> can be
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3315
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3316 <ul>
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3317
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3318 <li>
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3319 a single character class,
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3320 which matches any single character in the class;
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3321 </li>
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3322
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3323 <li>
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3324 a single character class followed by '<code>*</code>',
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3325 which matches zero or more repetitions of characters in the class.
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3326 These repetition items will always match the longest possible sequence;
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3327 </li>
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3328
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3329 <li>
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3330 a single character class followed by '<code>+</code>',
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3331 which matches one or more repetitions of characters in the class.
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3332 These repetition items will always match the longest possible sequence;
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3333 </li>
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3334
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3335 <li>
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3336 a single character class followed by '<code>-</code>',
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3337 which also matches zero or more repetitions of characters in the class.
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3338 Unlike '<code>*</code>',
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3339 these repetition items will always match the shortest possible sequence;
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3340 </li>
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3341
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3342 <li>
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3343 a single character class followed by '<code>?</code>',
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3344 which matches zero or one occurrence of a character in the class.
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3345 It always matches one occurrence if possible;
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3346 </li>
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3347
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3348 <li>
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3349 <code>%<em>n</em></code>, for <em>n</em> between 1 and 9;
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3350 such item matches a substring equal to the <em>n</em>-th captured string
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3351 (see below);
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3352 </li>
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3353
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3354 <li>
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3355 <code>%b<em>xy</em></code>, where <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> are two distinct characters;
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3356 such item matches strings that start with&nbsp;<em>x</em>, end with&nbsp;<em>y</em>,
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3357 and where the <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> are <em>balanced</em>.
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3358 This means that, if one reads the string from left to right,
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3359 counting <em>+1</em> for an <em>x</em> and <em>-1</em> for a <em>y</em>,
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3360 the ending <em>y</em> is the first <em>y</em> where the count reaches 0.
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3361 For instance, the item <code>%b()</code> matches expressions with
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3362 balanced parentheses.
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3363 </li>
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3364
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3365 <li>
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3366 <code>%f[<em>set</em>]</code>, a <em>frontier pattern</em>;
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3367 such item matches an empty string at any position such that
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3368 the next character belongs to <em>set</em>
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3369 and the previous character does not belong to <em>set</em>.
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3370 The set <em>set</em> is interpreted as previously described.
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3371 The beginning and the end of the subject are handled as if
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3372 they were the character '<code>\0</code>'.
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3373 </li>
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3374
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3375 </ul>
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3376
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3377
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3378
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3379
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3380 <h4>Pattern:</h4><p>
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3381 A <em>pattern</em> is a sequence of pattern items.
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3382 A caret '<code>^</code>' at the beginning of a pattern anchors the match at the
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3383 beginning of the subject string.
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3384 A '<code>$</code>' at the end of a pattern anchors the match at the
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3385 end of the subject string.
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3386 At other positions,
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3387 '<code>^</code>' and '<code>$</code>' have no special meaning and represent themselves.
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3388
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3389
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3390
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3391
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3392
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3393 <h4>Captures:</h4><p>
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3394 A pattern can contain sub-patterns enclosed in parentheses;
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3395 they describe <em>captures</em>.
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3396 When a match succeeds, the substrings of the subject string
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3397 that match captures are stored (<em>captured</em>) for future use.
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3398 Captures are numbered according to their left parentheses.
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3399 For instance, in the pattern <code>"(a*(.)%w(%s*))"</code>,
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3400 the part of the string matching <code>"a*(.)%w(%s*)"</code> is
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3401 stored as the first capture (and therefore has number&nbsp;1);
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3402 the character matching "<code>.</code>" is captured with number&nbsp;2,
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3403 and the part matching "<code>%s*</code>" has number&nbsp;3.
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3404
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3405
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3406 <p>
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3407 As a special case, the empty capture <code>()</code> captures
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3408 the current string position (a number).
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3409 For instance, if we apply the pattern <code>"()aa()"</code> on the
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3410 string <code>"flaaap"</code>, there will be two captures: 3&nbsp;and&nbsp;5.
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3411
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3412
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3413
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3414
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3415
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3416
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3417
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3418 <h3>6.4.2 &ndash; <a name="6.4.2">Format Strings for Pack and Unpack</a></h3>
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3419
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3420 <p>
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3421 The first argument to <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a>,
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3422 <a href="#pdf-string.packsize"><code>string.packsize</code></a>, and <a href="#pdf-string.unpack"><code>string.unpack</code></a>
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3423 is a format string,
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3424 which describes the layout of the structure being created or read.
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3425
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3426
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3427 <p>
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3428 A format string is a sequence of conversion options.
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3429 The conversion options are as follows:
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3430
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3431 <ul>
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3432 <li><b><code>&lt;</code>: </b>sets little endian</li>
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3433 <li><b><code>&gt;</code>: </b>sets big endian</li>
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3434 <li><b><code>=</code>: </b>sets native endian</li>
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3435 <li><b><code>![<em>n</em>]</code>: </b>sets maximum alignment to <code>n</code>
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3436 (default is native alignment)</li>
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3437 <li><b><code>b</code>: </b>a signed byte (<code>char</code>)</li>
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3438 <li><b><code>B</code>: </b>an unsigned byte (<code>char</code>)</li>
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3439 <li><b><code>h</code>: </b>a signed <code>short</code> (native size)</li>
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3440 <li><b><code>H</code>: </b>an unsigned <code>short</code> (native size)</li>
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3441 <li><b><code>l</code>: </b>a signed <code>long</code> (native size)</li>
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3442 <li><b><code>L</code>: </b>an unsigned <code>long</code> (native size)</li>
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3443 <li><b><code>j</code>: </b>a <code>lua_Integer</code></li>
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3444 <li><b><code>J</code>: </b>a <code>lua_Unsigned</code></li>
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3445 <li><b><code>T</code>: </b>a <code>size_t</code> (native size)</li>
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3446 <li><b><code>i[<em>n</em>]</code>: </b>a signed <code>int</code> with <code>n</code> bytes
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3447 (default is native size)</li>
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3448 <li><b><code>I[<em>n</em>]</code>: </b>an unsigned <code>int</code> with <code>n</code> bytes
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3449 (default is native size)</li>
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3450 <li><b><code>f</code>: </b>a <code>float</code> (native size)</li>
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3451 <li><b><code>d</code>: </b>a <code>double</code> (native size)</li>
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3452 <li><b><code>n</code>: </b>a <code>lua_Number</code></li>
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3453 <li><b><code>c<em>n</em></code>: </b>a fixed-sized string with <code>n</code> bytes</li>
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3454 <li><b><code>z</code>: </b>a zero-terminated string</li>
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3455 <li><b><code>s[<em>n</em>]</code>: </b>a string preceded by its length
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3456 coded as an unsigned integer with <code>n</code> bytes
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3457 (default is a <code>size_t</code>)</li>
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3458 <li><b><code>x</code>: </b>one byte of padding</li>
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3459 <li><b><code>X<em>op</em></code>: </b>an empty item that aligns
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3460 according to option <code>op</code>
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3461 (which is otherwise ignored)</li>
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3462 <li><b>'<code> </code>': </b>(empty space) ignored</li>
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3463 </ul><p>
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3464 (A "<code>[<em>n</em>]</code>" means an optional integral numeral.)
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3465 Except for padding, spaces, and configurations
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3466 (options "<code>xX &lt;=&gt;!</code>"),
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3467 each option corresponds to an argument (in <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a>)
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3468 or a result (in <a href="#pdf-string.unpack"><code>string.unpack</code></a>).
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3469
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3470
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3471 <p>
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3472 For options "<code>!<em>n</em></code>", "<code>s<em>n</em></code>", "<code>i<em>n</em></code>", and "<code>I<em>n</em></code>",
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3473 <code>n</code> can be any integer between 1 and 16.
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3474 All integral options check overflows;
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3475 <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a> checks whether the given value fits in the given size;
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3476 <a href="#pdf-string.unpack"><code>string.unpack</code></a> checks whether the read value fits in a Lua integer.
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3477
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3478
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3479 <p>
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3480 Any format string starts as if prefixed by "<code>!1=</code>",
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3481 that is,
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3482 with maximum alignment of 1 (no alignment)
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3483 and native endianness.
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3484
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3485
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3486 <p>
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3487 Alignment works as follows:
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3488 For each option,
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3489 the format gets extra padding until the data starts
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3490 at an offset that is a multiple of the minimum between the
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3491 option size and the maximum alignment;
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3492 this minimum must be a power of 2.
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3493 Options "<code>c</code>" and "<code>z</code>" are not aligned;
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3494 option "<code>s</code>" follows the alignment of its starting integer.
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3495
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3496
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3497 <p>
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3498 All padding is filled with zeros by <a href="#pdf-string.pack"><code>string.pack</code></a>
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3499 (and ignored by <a href="#pdf-string.unpack"><code>string.unpack</code></a>).
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3500
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3501
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3502
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3503
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3504
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3505
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3506
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3507 <h2>6.5 &ndash; <a name="6.5">UTF-8 Support</a></h2>
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3508
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3509 <p>
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3510 This library provides basic support for UTF-8 encoding.
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3511 It provides all its functions inside the table <a name="pdf-utf8"><code>utf8</code></a>.
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3512 This library does not provide any support for Unicode other
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3513 than the handling of the encoding.
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3514 Any operation that needs the meaning of a character,
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3515 such as character classification, is outside its scope.
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3516
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3517
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3518 <p>
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3519 Unless stated otherwise,
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3520 all functions that expect a byte position as a parameter
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3521 assume that the given position is either the start of a byte sequence
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3522 or one plus the length of the subject string.
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3523 As in the string library,
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3524 negative indices count from the end of the string.
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3525
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3526
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3527 <p>
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3528 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.char"><code>utf8.char (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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3529 Receives zero or more integers,
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3530 converts each one to its corresponding UTF-8 byte sequence
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3531 and returns a string with the concatenation of all these sequences.
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3532
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3533
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3534
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3535
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3536 <p>
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3537 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.charpattern"><code>utf8.charpattern</code></a></h3>
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3538 The pattern (a string, not a function) "<code>[\0-\x7F\xC2-\xF4][\x80-\xBF]*</code>"
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3539 (see <a href="#6.4.1">&sect;6.4.1</a>),
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3540 which matches exactly one UTF-8 byte sequence,
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3541 assuming that the subject is a valid UTF-8 string.
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3542
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3543
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3544
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3545
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3546 <p>
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3547 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.codes"><code>utf8.codes (s)</code></a></h3>
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3548
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3549
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3550 <p>
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3551 Returns values so that the construction
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3552
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3553 <pre>
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3554 for p, c in utf8.codes(s) do <em>body</em> end
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3555 </pre><p>
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3556 will iterate over all characters in string <code>s</code>,
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3557 with <code>p</code> being the position (in bytes) and <code>c</code> the code point
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3558 of each character.
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3559 It raises an error if it meets any invalid byte sequence.
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3560
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3561
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3562
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3563
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3564 <p>
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3565 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.codepoint"><code>utf8.codepoint (s [, i [, j]])</code></a></h3>
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3566 Returns the codepoints (as integers) from all characters in <code>s</code>
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3567 that start between byte position <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> (both included).
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3568 The default for <code>i</code> is 1 and for <code>j</code> is <code>i</code>.
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3569 It raises an error if it meets any invalid byte sequence.
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3570
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3571
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3572
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3573
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3574 <p>
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3575 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.len"><code>utf8.len (s [, i [, j]])</code></a></h3>
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3576 Returns the number of UTF-8 characters in string <code>s</code>
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3577 that start between positions <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> (both inclusive).
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3578 The default for <code>i</code> is 1 and for <code>j</code> is -1.
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3579 If it finds any invalid byte sequence,
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3580 returns a false value plus the position of the first invalid byte.
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3581
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3582
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3583
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3584
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3585 <p>
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3586 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-utf8.offset"><code>utf8.offset (s, n [, i])</code></a></h3>
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3587 Returns the position (in bytes) where the encoding of the
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3588 <code>n</code>-th character of <code>s</code>
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3589 (counting from position <code>i</code>) starts.
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3590 A negative <code>n</code> gets characters before position <code>i</code>.
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3591 The default for <code>i</code> is 1 when <code>n</code> is non-negative
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3592 and <code>#s + 1</code> otherwise,
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3593 so that <code>utf8.offset(s, -n)</code> gets the offset of the
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3594 <code>n</code>-th character from the end of the string.
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3595 If the specified character is neither in the subject
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3596 nor right after its end,
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3597 the function returns <b>nil</b>.
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3598
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3599
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3600 <p>
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3601 As a special case,
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3602 when <code>n</code> is 0 the function returns the start of the encoding
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3603 of the character that contains the <code>i</code>-th byte of <code>s</code>.
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3604
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3605
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3606 <p>
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3607 This function assumes that <code>s</code> is a valid UTF-8 string.
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3608
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3609
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3610
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3611
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3612
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3613
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3614
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3615 <h2>6.6 &ndash; <a name="6.6">Table Manipulation</a></h2>
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3616
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3617 <p>
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3618 This library provides generic functions for table manipulation.
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3619 It provides all its functions inside the table <a name="pdf-table"><code>table</code></a>.
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3620
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3621
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3622 <p>
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3623 Remember that, whenever an operation needs the length of a table,
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3624 the table must be a proper sequence
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3625 or have a <code>__len</code> metamethod (see <a href="#3.4.7">&sect;3.4.7</a>).
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3626 All functions ignore non-numeric keys
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3627 in the tables given as arguments.
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3628
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3629
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3630 <p>
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3631 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.concat"><code>table.concat (list [, sep [, i [, j]]])</code></a></h3>
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3632
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3633
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3634 <p>
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3635 Given a list where all elements are strings or numbers,
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3636 returns the string <code>list[i]..sep..list[i+1] &middot;&middot;&middot; sep..list[j]</code>.
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3637 The default value for <code>sep</code> is the empty string,
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3638 the default for <code>i</code> is 1,
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3639 and the default for <code>j</code> is <code>#list</code>.
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3640 If <code>i</code> is greater than <code>j</code>, returns the empty string.
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3641
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3642
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3643
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3644
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3645 <p>
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3646 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.insert"><code>table.insert (list, [pos,] value)</code></a></h3>
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3647
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3648
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3649 <p>
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3650 Inserts element <code>value</code> at position <code>pos</code> in <code>list</code>,
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3651 shifting up the elements
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3652 <code>list[pos], list[pos+1], &middot;&middot;&middot;, list[#list]</code>.
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3653 The default value for <code>pos</code> is <code>#list+1</code>,
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3654 so that a call <code>table.insert(t,x)</code> inserts <code>x</code> at the end
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3655 of list <code>t</code>.
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3656
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3657
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3658
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3659
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3660 <p>
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3661 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.move"><code>table.move (a1, f, e, t [,a2])</code></a></h3>
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3662
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3663
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3664 <p>
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3665 Moves elements from table <code>a1</code> to table <code>a2</code>.
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3666 This function performs the equivalent to the following
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3667 multiple assignment:
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3668 <code>a2[t],&middot;&middot;&middot; = a1[f],&middot;&middot;&middot;,a1[e]</code>.
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parents:
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3669 The default for <code>a2</code> is <code>a1</code>.
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parents:
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3670 The destination range can overlap with the source range.
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3671 Index <code>f</code> must be positive.
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3672
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parents:
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3673
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3674
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diff changeset
3675
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parents:
diff changeset
3676 <p>
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3677 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.pack"><code>table.pack (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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3678
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parents:
diff changeset
3679
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3680 <p>
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3681 Returns a new table with all parameters stored into keys 1, 2, etc.
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3682 and with a field "<code>n</code>" with the total number of parameters.
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3683 Note that the resulting table may not be a sequence.
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diff changeset
3684
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diff changeset
3685
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parents:
diff changeset
3686
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3687
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diff changeset
3688 <p>
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3689 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.remove"><code>table.remove (list [, pos])</code></a></h3>
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3690
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3691
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3692 <p>
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3693 Removes from <code>list</code> the element at position <code>pos</code>,
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3694 returning the value of the removed element.
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3695 When <code>pos</code> is an integer between 1 and <code>#list</code>,
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3696 it shifts down the elements
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diff changeset
3697 <code>list[pos+1], list[pos+2], &middot;&middot;&middot;, list[#list]</code>
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3698 and erases element <code>list[#list]</code>;
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diff changeset
3699 The index <code>pos</code> can also be 0 when <code>#list</code> is 0,
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3700 or <code>#list + 1</code>;
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3701 in those cases, the function erases the element <code>list[pos]</code>.
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3702
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3703
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3704 <p>
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3705 The default value for <code>pos</code> is <code>#list</code>,
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3706 so that a call <code>table.remove(l)</code> removes the last element
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3707 of list <code>l</code>.
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3708
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3709
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3710
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3711
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3712 <p>
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3713 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.sort"><code>table.sort (list [, comp])</code></a></h3>
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3714
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3715
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3716 <p>
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3717 Sorts list elements in a given order, <em>in-place</em>,
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3718 from <code>list[1]</code> to <code>list[#list]</code>.
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3719 If <code>comp</code> is given,
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3720 then it must be a function that receives two list elements
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3721 and returns true when the first element must come
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3722 before the second in the final order
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3723 (so that <code>not comp(list[i+1],list[i])</code> will be true after the sort).
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3724 If <code>comp</code> is not given,
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3725 then the standard Lua operator <code>&lt;</code> is used instead.
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3726
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3727
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3728 <p>
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3729 The sort algorithm is not stable;
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3730 that is, elements considered equal by the given order
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3731 may have their relative positions changed by the sort.
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3732
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3733
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3734
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3735
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3736 <p>
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3737 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-table.unpack"><code>table.unpack (list [, i [, j]])</code></a></h3>
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3738
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3739
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3740 <p>
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3741 Returns the elements from the given list.
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3742 This function is equivalent to
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3743
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3744 <pre>
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3745 return list[i], list[i+1], &middot;&middot;&middot;, list[j]
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3746 </pre><p>
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3747 By default, <code>i</code> is&nbsp;1 and <code>j</code> is <code>#list</code>.
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3748
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3749
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3750
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3752
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3753
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3754
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3755 <h2>6.7 &ndash; <a name="6.7">Mathematical Functions</a></h2>
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3756
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3757 <p>
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3758 This library provides basic mathematical functions.
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3759 It provides all its functions and constants inside the table <a name="pdf-math"><code>math</code></a>.
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3760 Functions with the annotation "<code>integer/float</code>" give
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3761 integer results for integer arguments
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3762 and float results for float (or mixed) arguments.
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3763 Rounding functions
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3764 (<a href="#pdf-math.ceil"><code>math.ceil</code></a>, <a href="#pdf-math.floor"><code>math.floor</code></a>, and <a href="#pdf-math.modf"><code>math.modf</code></a>)
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3765 return an integer when the result fits in the range of an integer,
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3766 or a float otherwise.
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3767
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3768
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3769 <p>
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3770 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.abs"><code>math.abs (x)</code></a></h3>
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3771
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3772
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3773 <p>
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3774 Returns the absolute value of <code>x</code>. (integer/float)
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3775
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3776
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3777
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3778
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3779 <p>
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3780 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.acos"><code>math.acos (x)</code></a></h3>
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3781
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3782
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3783 <p>
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3784 Returns the arc cosine of <code>x</code> (in radians).
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3785
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3786
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3787
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3788
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3789 <p>
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3790 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.asin"><code>math.asin (x)</code></a></h3>
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3791
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3792
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3793 <p>
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3794 Returns the arc sine of <code>x</code> (in radians).
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3795
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3796
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3797
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3798
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3799 <p>
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3800 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.atan"><code>math.atan (y [, x])</code></a></h3>
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3801
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3802
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3803 <p>
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3804
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3805 Returns the arc tangent of <code>y/x</code> (in radians),
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3806 but uses the signs of both parameters to find the
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3807 quadrant of the result.
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3808 (It also handles correctly the case of <code>x</code> being zero.)
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3809
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3810
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3811 <p>
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3812 The default value for <code>x</code> is 1,
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3813 so that the call <code>math.atan(y)</code>
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3814 returns the arc tangent of <code>y</code>.
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parents:
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3815
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3816
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3817
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3818
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3819 <p>
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3820 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.ceil"><code>math.ceil (x)</code></a></h3>
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3821
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3822
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3823 <p>
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3824 Returns the smallest integral value larger than or equal to <code>x</code>.
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3825
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3826
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3827
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3828
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3829 <p>
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3830 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.cos"><code>math.cos (x)</code></a></h3>
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3831
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3832
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3833 <p>
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3834 Returns the cosine of <code>x</code> (assumed to be in radians).
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3835
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3836
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parents:
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3837
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parents:
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3838
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3839 <p>
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3840 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.deg"><code>math.deg (x)</code></a></h3>
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3841
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parents:
diff changeset
3842
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3843 <p>
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3844 Converts the angle <code>x</code> from radians to degrees.
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3845
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3846
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3847
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3848
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3849 <p>
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3850 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.exp"><code>math.exp (x)</code></a></h3>
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3851
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3852
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3853 <p>
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3854 Returns the value <em>e<sup>x</sup></em>
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3855 (where <code>e</code> is the base of natural logarithms).
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3856
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3857
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3858
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3859
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3860 <p>
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3861 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.floor"><code>math.floor (x)</code></a></h3>
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3862
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3863
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3864 <p>
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3865 Returns the largest integral value smaller than or equal to <code>x</code>.
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3866
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3869
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3870 <p>
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3871 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.fmod"><code>math.fmod (x, y)</code></a></h3>
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3874 <p>
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3875 Returns the remainder of the division of <code>x</code> by <code>y</code>
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3876 that rounds the quotient towards zero. (integer/float)
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3877
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3878
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3879
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3880
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3881 <p>
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3882 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.huge"><code>math.huge</code></a></h3>
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3883
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3884
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3885 <p>
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3886 The float value <code>HUGE_VAL</code>,
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3887 a value larger than any other numerical value.
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3888
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3889
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3890
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3891
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3892 <p>
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3893 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.log"><code>math.log (x [, base])</code></a></h3>
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3894
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3895
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3896 <p>
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3897 Returns the logarithm of <code>x</code> in the given base.
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3898 The default for <code>base</code> is <em>e</em>
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3899 (so that the function returns the natural logarithm of <code>x</code>).
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3900
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3904 <p>
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3905 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.max"><code>math.max (x, &middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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3906
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3907
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3908 <p>
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3909 Returns the argument with the maximum value,
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3910 according to the Lua operator <code>&lt;</code>. (integer/float)
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3911
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3912
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3913
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3914
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3915 <p>
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3916 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.maxinteger"><code>math.maxinteger</code></a></h3>
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3917 An integer with the maximum value for an integer.
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3918
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3919
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3921
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3922 <p>
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3923 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.min"><code>math.min (x, &middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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3924
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3925
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3926 <p>
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3927 Returns the argument with the minimum value,
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3928 according to the Lua operator <code>&lt;</code>. (integer/float)
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3929
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3930
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3931
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3932
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3933 <p>
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3934 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.mininteger"><code>math.mininteger</code></a></h3>
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3935 An integer with the minimum value for an integer.
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3936
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3937
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3938
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3939
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3940 <p>
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3941 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.modf"><code>math.modf (x)</code></a></h3>
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3942
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3943
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3944 <p>
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3945 Returns the integral part of <code>x</code> and the fractional part of <code>x</code>.
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3946 Its second result is always a float.
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3947
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3948
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3949
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3950
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3951 <p>
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3952 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.pi"><code>math.pi</code></a></h3>
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3953
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3954
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3955 <p>
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3956 The value of <em>&pi;</em>.
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3957
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3958
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3959
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3960
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3961 <p>
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3962 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.rad"><code>math.rad (x)</code></a></h3>
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3963
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3964
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3965 <p>
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3966 Converts the angle <code>x</code> from degrees to radians.
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3967
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3968
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3969
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3970
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3971 <p>
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3972 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.random"><code>math.random ([m [, n]])</code></a></h3>
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3973
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3974
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3975 <p>
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3976 When called without arguments,
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3977 returns a pseudo-random float with uniform distribution
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3978 in the range <em>[0,1)</em>.
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3979 When called with two integers <code>m</code> and <code>n</code>,
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3980 <code>math.random</code> returns a pseudo-random integer
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3981 with uniform distribution in the range <em>[m, n]</em>.
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3982 (The value <em>m-n</em> cannot be negative and must fit in a Lua integer.)
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3983 The call <code>math.random(n)</code> is equivalent to <code>math.random(1,n)</code>.
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3984
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3985
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3986 <p>
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3987 This function is an interface to the underling
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3988 pseudo-random generator function provided by C.
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3989 No guarantees can be given for its statistical properties.
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3990
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3991
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3992
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3993
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3994 <p>
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3995 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.randomseed"><code>math.randomseed (x)</code></a></h3>
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3996
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3997
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3998 <p>
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3999 Sets <code>x</code> as the "seed"
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4000 for the pseudo-random generator:
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4001 equal seeds produce equal sequences of numbers.
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4002
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4003
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4004
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4005
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4006 <p>
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4007 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.sin"><code>math.sin (x)</code></a></h3>
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4008
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4009
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4010 <p>
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4011 Returns the sine of <code>x</code> (assumed to be in radians).
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4012
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4013
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4014
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4015
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4016 <p>
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4017 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.sqrt"><code>math.sqrt (x)</code></a></h3>
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4018
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4019
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4020 <p>
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4021 Returns the square root of <code>x</code>.
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4022 (You can also use the expression <code>x^0.5</code> to compute this value.)
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4023
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4027 <p>
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4028 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.tan"><code>math.tan (x)</code></a></h3>
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4029
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4030
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4031 <p>
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4032 Returns the tangent of <code>x</code> (assumed to be in radians).
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4033
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4034
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4036
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4037 <p>
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4038 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.tointeger"><code>math.tointeger (x)</code></a></h3>
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4039
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4040
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4041 <p>
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4042 If the value <code>x</code> is convertible to an integer,
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4043 returns that integer.
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4044 Otherwise, returns <b>nil</b>.
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4045
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4046
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4047
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4048
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4049 <p>
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4050 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.type"><code>math.type (x)</code></a></h3>
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4051
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4052
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4053 <p>
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4054 Returns "<code>integer</code>" if <code>x</code> is an integer,
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4055 "<code>float</code>" if it is a float,
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4056 or <b>nil</b> if <code>x</code> is not a number.
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4057
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4058
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4061 <p>
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4062 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-math.ult"><code>math.ult (m, n)</code></a></h3>
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4063
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4064
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4065 <p>
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4066 Returns a boolean,
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4067 true if integer <code>m</code> is below integer <code>n</code> when
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4068 they are compared as unsigned integers.
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4069
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4074
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4075
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4076 <h2>6.8 &ndash; <a name="6.8">Input and Output Facilities</a></h2>
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4077
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4078 <p>
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4079 The I/O library provides two different styles for file manipulation.
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4080 The first one uses implicit file handles;
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4081 that is, there are operations to set a default input file and a
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4082 default output file,
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4083 and all input/output operations are over these default files.
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4084 The second style uses explicit file handles.
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4085
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4086
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4087 <p>
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4088 When using implicit file handles,
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4089 all operations are supplied by table <a name="pdf-io"><code>io</code></a>.
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4090 When using explicit file handles,
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4091 the operation <a href="#pdf-io.open"><code>io.open</code></a> returns a file handle
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4092 and then all operations are supplied as methods of the file handle.
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4093
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4094
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4095 <p>
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4096 The table <code>io</code> also provides
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4097 three predefined file handles with their usual meanings from C:
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4098 <a name="pdf-io.stdin"><code>io.stdin</code></a>, <a name="pdf-io.stdout"><code>io.stdout</code></a>, and <a name="pdf-io.stderr"><code>io.stderr</code></a>.
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4099 The I/O library never closes these files.
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4100
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4101
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4102 <p>
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4103 Unless otherwise stated,
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4104 all I/O functions return <b>nil</b> on failure
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4105 (plus an error message as a second result and
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4106 a system-dependent error code as a third result)
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4107 and some value different from <b>nil</b> on success.
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4108 On non-POSIX systems,
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4109 the computation of the error message and error code
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4110 in case of errors
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4111 may be not thread safe,
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4112 because they rely on the global C variable <code>errno</code>.
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4113
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4114
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4115 <p>
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4116 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.close"><code>io.close ([file])</code></a></h3>
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4117
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4118
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4119 <p>
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4120 Equivalent to <code>file:close()</code>.
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4121 Without a <code>file</code>, closes the default output file.
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4122
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4123
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4124
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4125
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4126 <p>
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4127 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.flush"><code>io.flush ()</code></a></h3>
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4128
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4129
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4130 <p>
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4131 Equivalent to <code>io.output():flush()</code>.
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4132
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4133
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4134
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4135
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4136 <p>
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4137 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.input"><code>io.input ([file])</code></a></h3>
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4138
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4139
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4140 <p>
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4141 When called with a file name, it opens the named file (in text mode),
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4142 and sets its handle as the default input file.
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4143 When called with a file handle,
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4144 it simply sets this file handle as the default input file.
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4145 When called without parameters,
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4146 it returns the current default input file.
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4147
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4148
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4149 <p>
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4150 In case of errors this function raises the error,
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4151 instead of returning an error code.
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4152
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4153
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4154
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4155
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4156 <p>
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4157 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.lines"><code>io.lines ([filename &middot;&middot;&middot;])</code></a></h3>
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4158
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4159
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4160 <p>
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4161 Opens the given file name in read mode
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4162 and returns an iterator function that
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4163 works like <code>file:lines(&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code> over the opened file.
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4164 When the iterator function detects the end of file,
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4165 it returns no values (to finish the loop) and automatically closes the file.
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4166
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4167
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4168 <p>
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4169 The call <code>io.lines()</code> (with no file name) is equivalent
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4170 to <code>io.input():lines("*l")</code>;
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4171 that is, it iterates over the lines of the default input file.
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4172 In this case it does not close the file when the loop ends.
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4173
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4174
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4175 <p>
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4176 In case of errors this function raises the error,
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4177 instead of returning an error code.
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4178
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4179
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4180
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4181
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4182 <p>
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4183 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.open"><code>io.open (filename [, mode])</code></a></h3>
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4184
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4185
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4186 <p>
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4187 This function opens a file,
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4188 in the mode specified in the string <code>mode</code>.
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4189 It returns a new file handle,
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4190 or, in case of errors, <b>nil</b> plus an error message.
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4191
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4192
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4193 <p>
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4194 The <code>mode</code> string can be any of the following:
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4195
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4196 <ul>
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4197 <li><b>"<code>r</code>": </b> read mode (the default);</li>
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4198 <li><b>"<code>w</code>": </b> write mode;</li>
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4199 <li><b>"<code>a</code>": </b> append mode;</li>
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4200 <li><b>"<code>r+</code>": </b> update mode, all previous data is preserved;</li>
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4201 <li><b>"<code>w+</code>": </b> update mode, all previous data is erased;</li>
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4202 <li><b>"<code>a+</code>": </b> append update mode, previous data is preserved,
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4203 writing is only allowed at the end of file.</li>
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4204 </ul><p>
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4205 The <code>mode</code> string can also have a '<code>b</code>' at the end,
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4206 which is needed in some systems to open the file in binary mode.
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4207
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4208
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4209
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4210
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4211 <p>
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4212 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.output"><code>io.output ([file])</code></a></h3>
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4213
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4214
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4215 <p>
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4216 Similar to <a href="#pdf-io.input"><code>io.input</code></a>, but operates over the default output file.
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4217
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4218
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4219
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4220
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4221 <p>
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4222 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.popen"><code>io.popen (prog [, mode])</code></a></h3>
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4223
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4224
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4225 <p>
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4226 This function is system dependent and is not available
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4227 on all platforms.
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4228
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4229
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4230 <p>
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4231 Starts program <code>prog</code> in a separated process and returns
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4232 a file handle that you can use to read data from this program
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4233 (if <code>mode</code> is <code>"r"</code>, the default)
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4234 or to write data to this program
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4235 (if <code>mode</code> is <code>"w"</code>).
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4236
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4237
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4238
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4239
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4240 <p>
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4241 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.read"><code>io.read (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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4242
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4243
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4244 <p>
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4245 Equivalent to <code>io.input():read(&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code>.
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4246
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4247
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4248
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4249
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4250 <p>
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diff changeset
4251 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.tmpfile"><code>io.tmpfile ()</code></a></h3>
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4252
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4253
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diff changeset
4254 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4255 Returns a handle for a temporary file.
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diff changeset
4256 This file is opened in update mode
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diff changeset
4257 and it is automatically removed when the program ends.
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4258
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4259
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4260
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4261
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diff changeset
4262 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4263 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.type"><code>io.type (obj)</code></a></h3>
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4264
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4265
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diff changeset
4266 <p>
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diff changeset
4267 Checks whether <code>obj</code> is a valid file handle.
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4268 Returns the string <code>"file"</code> if <code>obj</code> is an open file handle,
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diff changeset
4269 <code>"closed file"</code> if <code>obj</code> is a closed file handle,
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diff changeset
4270 or <b>nil</b> if <code>obj</code> is not a file handle.
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4271
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4272
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4273
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4274
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4275 <p>
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4276 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-io.write"><code>io.write (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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4277
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4278
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4279 <p>
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diff changeset
4280 Equivalent to <code>io.output():write(&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code>.
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4281
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4282
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4283
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4284
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4285 <p>
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4286 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:close"><code>file:close ()</code></a></h3>
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4287
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4288
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4289 <p>
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4290 Closes <code>file</code>.
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4291 Note that files are automatically closed when
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4292 their handles are garbage collected,
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4293 but that takes an unpredictable amount of time to happen.
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4294
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4295
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4296 <p>
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4297 When closing a file handle created with <a href="#pdf-io.popen"><code>io.popen</code></a>,
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4298 <a href="#pdf-file:close"><code>file:close</code></a> returns the same values
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4299 returned by <a href="#pdf-os.execute"><code>os.execute</code></a>.
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4300
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4301
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4302
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4303
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4304 <p>
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4305 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:flush"><code>file:flush ()</code></a></h3>
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4306
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4307
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4308 <p>
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4309 Saves any written data to <code>file</code>.
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4310
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4311
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4312
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4313
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4314 <p>
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4315 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:lines"><code>file:lines (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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4316
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4317
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4318 <p>
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4319 Returns an iterator function that,
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4320 each time it is called,
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4321 reads the file according to the given formats.
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4322 When no format is given,
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4323 uses "<code>l</code>" as a default.
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4324 As an example, the construction
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4325
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4326 <pre>
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4327 for c in file:lines(1) do <em>body</em> end
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4328 </pre><p>
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4329 will iterate over all characters of the file,
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4330 starting at the current position.
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4331 Unlike <a href="#pdf-io.lines"><code>io.lines</code></a>, this function does not close the file
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4332 when the loop ends.
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4333
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4334
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4335 <p>
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4336 In case of errors this function raises the error,
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4337 instead of returning an error code.
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4338
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4339
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4340
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4341
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4342 <p>
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4343 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:read"><code>file:read (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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4344
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4345
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4346 <p>
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4347 Reads the file <code>file</code>,
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4348 according to the given formats, which specify what to read.
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4349 For each format,
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4350 the function returns a string or a number with the characters read,
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4351 or <b>nil</b> if it cannot read data with the specified format.
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4352 (In this latter case,
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4353 the function does not read subsequent formats.)
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4354 When called without formats,
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4355 it uses a default format that reads the next line
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4356 (see below).
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4357
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4358
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4359 <p>
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4360 The available formats are
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4361
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4362 <ul>
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4363
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4364 <li><b>"<code>n</code>": </b>
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4365 reads a numeral and returns it as a float or an integer,
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4366 following the lexical conventions of Lua.
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4367 (The numeral may have leading spaces and a sign.)
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4368 This format always reads the longest input sequence that
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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4369 is a valid prefix for a number;
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4370 if that prefix does not form a valid number
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4371 (e.g., an empty string, "<code>0x</code>", or "<code>3.4e-</code>"),
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4372 it is discarded and the function returns <b>nil</b>.
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4373 </li>
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4374
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4375 <li><b>"<code>i</code>": </b>
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4376 reads an integral number and returns it as an integer.
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4377 </li>
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4378
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4379 <li><b>"<code>a</code>": </b>
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4380 reads the whole file, starting at the current position.
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4381 On end of file, it returns the empty string.
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4382 </li>
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4383
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4384 <li><b>"<code>l</code>": </b>
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4385 reads the next line skipping the end of line,
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parents:
diff changeset
4386 returning <b>nil</b> on end of file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4387 This is the default format.
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parents:
diff changeset
4388 </li>
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diff changeset
4389
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diff changeset
4390 <li><b>"<code>L</code>": </b>
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4391 reads the next line keeping the end-of-line character (if present),
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parents:
diff changeset
4392 returning <b>nil</b> on end of file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4393 </li>
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parents:
diff changeset
4394
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4395 <li><b><em>number</em>: </b>
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parents:
diff changeset
4396 reads a string with up to this number of bytes,
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4397 returning <b>nil</b> on end of file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4398 If <code>number</code> is zero,
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parents:
diff changeset
4399 it reads nothing and returns an empty string,
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4400 or <b>nil</b> on end of file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4401 </li>
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4402
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4403 </ul><p>
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4404 The formats "<code>l</code>" and "<code>L</code>" should be used only for text files.
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4405
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4406
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4407
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4408
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4409 <p>
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4410 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:seek"><code>file:seek ([whence [, offset]])</code></a></h3>
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parents:
diff changeset
4411
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4412
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
4413 <p>
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4414 Sets and gets the file position,
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4415 measured from the beginning of the file,
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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parents:
diff changeset
4416 to the position given by <code>offset</code> plus a base
e01cddba3433 add manual.html as copy of Lua 5.3 Reference Manual
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diff changeset
4417 specified by the string <code>whence</code>, as follows:
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parents:
diff changeset
4418
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parents:
diff changeset
4419 <ul>
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parents:
diff changeset
4420 <li><b>"<code>set</code>": </b> base is position 0 (beginning of the file);</li>
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parents:
diff changeset
4421 <li><b>"<code>cur</code>": </b> base is current position;</li>
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parents:
diff changeset
4422 <li><b>"<code>end</code>": </b> base is end of file;</li>
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parents:
diff changeset
4423 </ul><p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4424 In case of success, <code>seek</code> returns the final file position,
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parents:
diff changeset
4425 measured in bytes from the beginning of the file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4426 If <code>seek</code> fails, it returns <b>nil</b>,
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parents:
diff changeset
4427 plus a string describing the error.
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parents:
diff changeset
4428
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parents:
diff changeset
4429
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parents:
diff changeset
4430 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4431 The default value for <code>whence</code> is <code>"cur"</code>,
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parents:
diff changeset
4432 and for <code>offset</code> is 0.
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parents:
diff changeset
4433 Therefore, the call <code>file:seek()</code> returns the current
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parents:
diff changeset
4434 file position, without changing it;
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parents:
diff changeset
4435 the call <code>file:seek("set")</code> sets the position to the
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parents:
diff changeset
4436 beginning of the file (and returns 0);
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parents:
diff changeset
4437 and the call <code>file:seek("end")</code> sets the position to the
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parents:
diff changeset
4438 end of the file, and returns its size.
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parents:
diff changeset
4439
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parents:
diff changeset
4440
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parents:
diff changeset
4441
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parents:
diff changeset
4442
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parents:
diff changeset
4443 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4444 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:setvbuf"><code>file:setvbuf (mode [, size])</code></a></h3>
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parents:
diff changeset
4445
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parents:
diff changeset
4446
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parents:
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4447 <p>
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4448 Sets the buffering mode for an output file.
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4449 There are three available modes:
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4450
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4451 <ul>
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4452
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4453 <li><b>"<code>no</code>": </b>
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4454 no buffering; the result of any output operation appears immediately.
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4455 </li>
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4456
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4457 <li><b>"<code>full</code>": </b>
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4458 full buffering; output operation is performed only
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4459 when the buffer is full or when
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4460 you explicitly <code>flush</code> the file (see <a href="#pdf-io.flush"><code>io.flush</code></a>).
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4461 </li>
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4462
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4463 <li><b>"<code>line</code>": </b>
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4464 line buffering; output is buffered until a newline is output
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4465 or there is any input from some special files
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4466 (such as a terminal device).
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4467 </li>
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4468
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4469 </ul><p>
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4470 For the last two cases, <code>size</code>
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4471 specifies the size of the buffer, in bytes.
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4472 The default is an appropriate size.
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4473
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4474
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4475
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4476
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4477 <p>
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4478 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-file:write"><code>file:write (&middot;&middot;&middot;)</code></a></h3>
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4479
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4480
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4481 <p>
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4482 Writes the value of each of its arguments to <code>file</code>.
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4483 The arguments must be strings or numbers.
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4484
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4485
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4486 <p>
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4487 In case of success, this function returns <code>file</code>.
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4488 Otherwise it returns <b>nil</b> plus a string describing the error.
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4489
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4490
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4491
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4492
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4493
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4494
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4495
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4496 <h2>6.9 &ndash; <a name="6.9">Operating System Facilities</a></h2>
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4497
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4498 <p>
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4499 This library is implemented through table <a name="pdf-os"><code>os</code></a>.
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4500
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4501
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4502 <p>
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4503 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.clock"><code>os.clock ()</code></a></h3>
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4504
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4505
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4506 <p>
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4507 Returns an approximation of the amount in seconds of CPU time
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4508 used by the program.
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4509
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4510
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4511
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4512
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4513 <p>
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4514 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.date"><code>os.date ([format [, time]])</code></a></h3>
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4515
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4516
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4517 <p>
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4518 Returns a string or a table containing date and time,
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4519 formatted according to the given string <code>format</code>.
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4520
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4521
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4522 <p>
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4523 If the <code>time</code> argument is present,
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4524 this is the time to be formatted
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4525 (see the <a href="#pdf-os.time"><code>os.time</code></a> function for a description of this value).
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4526 Otherwise, <code>date</code> formats the current time.
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4527
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4528
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4529 <p>
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4530 If <code>format</code> starts with '<code>!</code>',
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4531 then the date is formatted in Coordinated Universal Time.
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4532 After this optional character,
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4533 if <code>format</code> is the string "<code>*t</code>",
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4534 then <code>date</code> returns a table with the following fields:
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4535 <code>year</code> (four digits), <code>month</code> (1&ndash;12), <code>day</code> (1&ndash;31),
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4536 <code>hour</code> (0&ndash;23), <code>min</code> (0&ndash;59), <code>sec</code> (0&ndash;61),
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4537 <code>wday</code> (weekday, Sunday is&nbsp;1),
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4538 <code>yday</code> (day of the year),
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4539 and <code>isdst</code> (daylight saving flag, a boolean).
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4540 This last field may be absent
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4541 if the information is not available.
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4542
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4543
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4544 <p>
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4545 If <code>format</code> is not "<code>*t</code>",
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4546 then <code>date</code> returns the date as a string,
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4547 formatted according to the same rules as the ISO&nbsp;C function <code>strftime</code>.
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4548
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4549
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4550 <p>
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4551 When called without arguments,
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4552 <code>date</code> returns a reasonable date and time representation that depends on
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4553 the host system and on the current locale
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4554 (that is, <code>os.date()</code> is equivalent to <code>os.date("%c")</code>).
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4555
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4556
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4557 <p>
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4558 On non-POSIX systems,
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4559 this function may be not thread safe
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4560 because of its reliance on C&nbsp;function <code>gmtime</code> and C&nbsp;function <code>localtime</code>.
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4561
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4562
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4563
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4564
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4565 <p>
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4566 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.difftime"><code>os.difftime (t2, t1)</code></a></h3>
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4567
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4568
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4569 <p>
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4570 Returns the difference, in seconds,
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4571 from time <code>t1</code> to time <code>t2</code>
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4572 (where the times are values returned by <a href="#pdf-os.time"><code>os.time</code></a>).
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4573 In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems,
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4574 this value is exactly <code>t2</code><em>-</em><code>t1</code>.
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4575
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4576
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4577
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4578
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4579 <p>
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4580 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.execute"><code>os.execute ([command])</code></a></h3>
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4581
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4582
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4583 <p>
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4584 This function is equivalent to the ISO&nbsp;C function <code>system</code>.
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4585 It passes <code>command</code> to be executed by an operating system shell.
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4586 Its first result is <b>true</b>
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4587 if the command terminated successfully,
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4588 or <b>nil</b> otherwise.
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4589 After this first result
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4590 the function returns a string plus a number,
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4591 as follows:
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4592
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4593 <ul>
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4594
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4595 <li><b>"<code>exit</code>": </b>
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4596 the command terminated normally;
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4597 the following number is the exit status of the command.
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4598 </li>
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4599
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4600 <li><b>"<code>signal</code>": </b>
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4601 the command was terminated by a signal;
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4602 the following number is the signal that terminated the command.
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4603 </li>
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4604
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4605 </ul>
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4606
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4607 <p>
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4608 When called without a <code>command</code>,
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4609 <code>os.execute</code> returns a boolean that is true if a shell is available.
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4610
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4611
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4612
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4613
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4614 <p>
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4615 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.exit"><code>os.exit ([code [, close]])</code></a></h3>
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4616
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4617
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4618 <p>
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4619 Calls the ISO&nbsp;C function <code>exit</code> to terminate the host program.
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4620 If <code>code</code> is <b>true</b>,
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4621 the returned status is <code>EXIT_SUCCESS</code>;
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4622 if <code>code</code> is <b>false</b>,
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4623 the returned status is <code>EXIT_FAILURE</code>;
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4624 if <code>code</code> is a number,
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4625 the returned status is this number.
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4626 The default value for <code>code</code> is <b>true</b>.
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4627
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4628
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4629 <p>
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4630 If the optional second argument <code>close</code> is true,
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4631 closes the Lua state before exiting.
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4632
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4633
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4634
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4635
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4636 <p>
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4637 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.getenv"><code>os.getenv (varname)</code></a></h3>
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4638
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4639
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4640 <p>
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4641 Returns the value of the process environment variable <code>varname</code>,
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4642 or <b>nil</b> if the variable is not defined.
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4643
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4644
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4645
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4646
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4647 <p>
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4648 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.remove"><code>os.remove (filename)</code></a></h3>
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4649
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4650
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4651 <p>
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4652 Deletes the file (or empty directory, on POSIX systems)
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4653 with the given name.
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4654 If this function fails, it returns <b>nil</b>,
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4655 plus a string describing the error and the error code.
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4656
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4657
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diff changeset
4658
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diff changeset
4659
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diff changeset
4660 <p>
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4661 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.rename"><code>os.rename (oldname, newname)</code></a></h3>
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diff changeset
4662
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parents:
diff changeset
4663
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diff changeset
4664 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4665 Renames file or directory named <code>oldname</code> to <code>newname</code>.
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diff changeset
4666 If this function fails, it returns <b>nil</b>,
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diff changeset
4667 plus a string describing the error and the error code.
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parents:
diff changeset
4668
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parents:
diff changeset
4669
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parents:
diff changeset
4670
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diff changeset
4671
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parents:
diff changeset
4672 <p>
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diff changeset
4673 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.setlocale"><code>os.setlocale (locale [, category])</code></a></h3>
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diff changeset
4674
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diff changeset
4675
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parents:
diff changeset
4676 <p>
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diff changeset
4677 Sets the current locale of the program.
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4678 <code>locale</code> is a system-dependent string specifying a locale;
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4679 <code>category</code> is an optional string describing which category to change:
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4680 <code>"all"</code>, <code>"collate"</code>, <code>"ctype"</code>,
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4681 <code>"monetary"</code>, <code>"numeric"</code>, or <code>"time"</code>;
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4682 the default category is <code>"all"</code>.
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4683 The function returns the name of the new locale,
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diff changeset
4684 or <b>nil</b> if the request cannot be honored.
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parents:
diff changeset
4685
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parents:
diff changeset
4686
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diff changeset
4687 <p>
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parents:
diff changeset
4688 If <code>locale</code> is the empty string,
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parents:
diff changeset
4689 the current locale is set to an implementation-defined native locale.
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diff changeset
4690 If <code>locale</code> is the string "<code>C</code>",
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parents:
diff changeset
4691 the current locale is set to the standard C locale.
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parents:
diff changeset
4692
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parents:
diff changeset
4693
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diff changeset
4694 <p>
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4695 When called with <b>nil</b> as the first argument,
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4696 this function only returns the name of the current locale
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4697 for the given category.
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diff changeset
4698
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4699
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diff changeset
4700 <p>
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diff changeset
4701 This function may be not thread safe
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diff changeset
4702 because of its reliance on C&nbsp;function <code>setlocale</code>.
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4703
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parents:
diff changeset
4704
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diff changeset
4705
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diff changeset
4706
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diff changeset
4707 <p>
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4708 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.time"><code>os.time ([table])</code></a></h3>
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4709
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4710
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4711 <p>
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4712 Returns the current time when called without arguments,
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4713 or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table.
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4714 This table must have fields <code>year</code>, <code>month</code>, and <code>day</code>,
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4715 and may have fields
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4716 <code>hour</code> (default is 12),
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4717 <code>min</code> (default is 0),
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4718 <code>sec</code> (default is 0),
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4719 and <code>isdst</code> (default is <b>nil</b>).
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4720 For a description of these fields, see the <a href="#pdf-os.date"><code>os.date</code></a> function.
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4721
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4722
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4723 <p>
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4724 The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system.
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4725 In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems,
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4726 this number counts the number
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4727 of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch").
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4728 In other systems, the meaning is not specified,
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4729 and the number returned by <code>time</code> can be used only as an argument to
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4730 <a href="#pdf-os.date"><code>os.date</code></a> and <a href="#pdf-os.difftime"><code>os.difftime</code></a>.
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4731
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4732
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4733
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4734
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4735 <p>
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4736 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-os.tmpname"><code>os.tmpname ()</code></a></h3>
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4737
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4738
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4739 <p>
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4740 Returns a string with a file name that can
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4741 be used for a temporary file.
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4742 The file must be explicitly opened before its use
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4743 and explicitly removed when no longer needed.
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4744
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4745
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4746 <p>
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4747 On POSIX systems,
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4748 this function also creates a file with that name,
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4749 to avoid security risks.
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4750 (Someone else might create the file with wrong permissions
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4751 in the time between getting the name and creating the file.)
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4752 You still have to open the file to use it
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4753 and to remove it (even if you do not use it).
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4754
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4755
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4756 <p>
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4757 When possible,
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4758 you may prefer to use <a href="#pdf-io.tmpfile"><code>io.tmpfile</code></a>,
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4759 which automatically removes the file when the program ends.
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4760
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4761
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4762
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4763
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4764
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4765
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4766
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4767 <h2>6.10 &ndash; <a name="6.10">The Debug Library</a></h2>
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4768
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4769 <p>
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4770 This library provides
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4771 the functionality of the debug interface (<a href="#4.9">&sect;4.9</a>) to Lua programs.
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4772 You should exert care when using this library.
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4773 Several of its functions
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4774 violate basic assumptions about Lua code
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4775 (e.g., that variables local to a function
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4776 cannot be accessed from outside;
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4777 that userdata metatables cannot be changed by Lua code;
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4778 that Lua programs do not crash)
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4779 and therefore can compromise otherwise secure code.
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4780 Moreover, some functions in this library may be slow.
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4781
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4782
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4783 <p>
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4784 All functions in this library are provided
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4785 inside the <a name="pdf-debug"><code>debug</code></a> table.
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4786 All functions that operate over a thread
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4787 have an optional first argument which is the
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4788 thread to operate over.
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4789 The default is always the current thread.
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4790
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4791
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4792 <p>
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4793 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.debug"><code>debug.debug ()</code></a></h3>
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4794
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4795
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4796 <p>
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4797 Enters an interactive mode with the user,
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4798 running each string that the user enters.
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4799 Using simple commands and other debug facilities,
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4800 the user can inspect global and local variables,
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4801 change their values, evaluate expressions, and so on.
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4802 A line containing only the word <code>cont</code> finishes this function,
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4803 so that the caller continues its execution.
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4804
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4805
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4806 <p>
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4807 Note that commands for <code>debug.debug</code> are not lexically nested
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4808 within any function and so have no direct access to local variables.
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4809
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4810
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4811
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4812
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4813 <p>
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4814 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.gethook"><code>debug.gethook ([thread])</code></a></h3>
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4815
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4816
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4817 <p>
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4818 Returns the current hook settings of the thread, as three values:
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4819 the current hook function, the current hook mask,
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4820 and the current hook count
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4821 (as set by the <a href="#pdf-debug.sethook"><code>debug.sethook</code></a> function).
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4822
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4823
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4824
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4825
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4826 <p>
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4827 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getinfo"><code>debug.getinfo ([thread,] f [, what])</code></a></h3>
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4828
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4829
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4830 <p>
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4831 Returns a table with information about a function.
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4832 You can give the function directly
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4833 or you can give a number as the value of <code>f</code>,
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4834 which means the function running at level <code>f</code> of the call stack
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4835 of the given thread:
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4836 level&nbsp;0 is the current function (<code>getinfo</code> itself);
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4837 level&nbsp;1 is the function that called <code>getinfo</code>
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4838 (except for tail calls, which do not count on the stack);
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4839 and so on.
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4840 If <code>f</code> is a number larger than the number of active functions,
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4841 then <code>getinfo</code> returns <b>nil</b>.
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4842
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4843
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4844 <p>
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4845 The returned table can contain all the fields returned by <a href="#lua_getinfo"><code>lua_getinfo</code></a>,
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4846 with the string <code>what</code> describing which fields to fill in.
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4847 The default for <code>what</code> is to get all information available,
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4848 except the table of valid lines.
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4849 If present,
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4850 the option '<code>f</code>'
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4851 adds a field named <code>func</code> with the function itself.
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4852 If present,
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4853 the option '<code>L</code>'
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4854 adds a field named <code>activelines</code> with the table of
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4855 valid lines.
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4856
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4857
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4858 <p>
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4859 For instance, the expression <code>debug.getinfo(1,"n").name</code> returns
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4860 a table with a name for the current function,
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4861 if a reasonable name can be found,
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4862 and the expression <code>debug.getinfo(print)</code>
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4863 returns a table with all available information
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4864 about the <a href="#pdf-print"><code>print</code></a> function.
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4865
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4866
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4867
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4868
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4869 <p>
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4870 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getlocal"><code>debug.getlocal ([thread,] f, local)</code></a></h3>
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4871
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4872
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4873 <p>
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4874 This function returns the name and the value of the local variable
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4875 with index <code>local</code> of the function at level <code>f</code> of the stack.
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4876 This function accesses not only explicit local variables,
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4877 but also parameters, temporaries, etc.
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4878
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4879
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4880 <p>
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4881 The first parameter or local variable has index&nbsp;1, and so on,
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4882 following the order that they are declared in the code,
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4883 counting only the variables that are active
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4884 in the current scope of the function.
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4885 Negative indices refer to vararg parameters;
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4886 -1 is the first vararg parameter.
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4887 The function returns <b>nil</b> if there is no variable with the given index,
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4888 and raises an error when called with a level out of range.
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4889 (You can call <a href="#pdf-debug.getinfo"><code>debug.getinfo</code></a> to check whether the level is valid.)
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4890
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4891
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4892 <p>
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4893 Variable names starting with '<code>(</code>' (open parenthesis)
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4894 represent variables with no known names
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4895 (internal variables such as loop control variables,
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4896 and variables from chunks saved without debug information).
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4897
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4898
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4899 <p>
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4900 The parameter <code>f</code> may also be a function.
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4901 In that case, <code>getlocal</code> returns only the name of function parameters.
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4902
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4903
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4904
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4905
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4906 <p>
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4907 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getmetatable"><code>debug.getmetatable (value)</code></a></h3>
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4908
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4909
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4910 <p>
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4911 Returns the metatable of the given <code>value</code>
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4912 or <b>nil</b> if it does not have a metatable.
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4913
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4914
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4915
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4916
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4917 <p>
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4918 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getregistry"><code>debug.getregistry ()</code></a></h3>
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4919
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4920
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4921 <p>
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4922 Returns the registry table (see <a href="#4.5">&sect;4.5</a>).
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4923
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4924
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4925
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4926
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4927 <p>
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4928 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getupvalue"><code>debug.getupvalue (f, up)</code></a></h3>
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4929
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4930
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4931 <p>
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4932 This function returns the name and the value of the upvalue
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4933 with index <code>up</code> of the function <code>f</code>.
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4934 The function returns <b>nil</b> if there is no upvalue with the given index.
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4935
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4936
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4937 <p>
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4938 Variable names starting with '<code>(</code>' (open parenthesis)
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4939 represent variables with no known names
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4940 (variables from chunks saved without debug information).
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4941
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4942
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4943
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4944
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4945 <p>
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4946 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.getuservalue"><code>debug.getuservalue (u)</code></a></h3>
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4947
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4948
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4949 <p>
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4950 Returns the Lua value associated to <code>u</code>.
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4951 If <code>u</code> is not a userdata,
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4952 returns <b>nil</b>.
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4953
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4954
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4955
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4956
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4957 <p>
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4958 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.sethook"><code>debug.sethook ([thread,] hook, mask [, count])</code></a></h3>
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4959
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4960
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4961 <p>
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4962 Sets the given function as a hook.
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4963 The string <code>mask</code> and the number <code>count</code> describe
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4964 when the hook will be called.
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4965 The string mask may have any combination of the following characters,
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4966 with the given meaning:
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4967
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4968 <ul>
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4969 <li><b>'<code>c</code>': </b> the hook is called every time Lua calls a function;</li>
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4970 <li><b>'<code>r</code>': </b> the hook is called every time Lua returns from a function;</li>
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4971 <li><b>'<code>l</code>': </b> the hook is called every time Lua enters a new line of code.</li>
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4972 </ul><p>
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4973 Moreover,
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4974 with a <code>count</code> different from zero,
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4975 the hook is called also after every <code>count</code> instructions.
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4976
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4977
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4978 <p>
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4979 When called without arguments,
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4980 <a href="#pdf-debug.sethook"><code>debug.sethook</code></a> turns off the hook.
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4981
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4982
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4983 <p>
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4984 When the hook is called, its first parameter is a string
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4985 describing the event that has triggered its call:
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4986 <code>"call"</code> (or <code>"tail call"</code>),
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4987 <code>"return"</code>,
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4988 <code>"line"</code>, and <code>"count"</code>.
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4989 For line events,
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4990 the hook also gets the new line number as its second parameter.
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4991 Inside a hook,
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4992 you can call <code>getinfo</code> with level&nbsp;2 to get more information about
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4993 the running function
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4994 (level&nbsp;0 is the <code>getinfo</code> function,
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4995 and level&nbsp;1 is the hook function).
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4996
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4997
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4998
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4999
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5000 <p>
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5001 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.setlocal"><code>debug.setlocal ([thread,] level, local, value)</code></a></h3>
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5002
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5003
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5004 <p>
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5005 This function assigns the value <code>value</code> to the local variable
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5006 with index <code>local</code> of the function at level <code>level</code> of the stack.
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5007 The function returns <b>nil</b> if there is no local
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5008 variable with the given index,
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5009 and raises an error when called with a <code>level</code> out of range.
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5010 (You can call <code>getinfo</code> to check whether the level is valid.)
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5011 Otherwise, it returns the name of the local variable.
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5012
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5013
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5014 <p>
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5015 See <a href="#pdf-debug.getlocal"><code>debug.getlocal</code></a> for more information about
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5016 variable indices and names.
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5017
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5018
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5019
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5020
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5021 <p>
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5022 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.setmetatable"><code>debug.setmetatable (value, table)</code></a></h3>
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5023
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5024
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5025 <p>
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5026 Sets the metatable for the given <code>value</code> to the given <code>table</code>
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5027 (which can be <b>nil</b>).
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5028 Returns <code>value</code>.
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5029
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5030
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5031
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5032
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5033 <p>
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5034 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.setupvalue"><code>debug.setupvalue (f, up, value)</code></a></h3>
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5035
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5036
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5037 <p>
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5038 This function assigns the value <code>value</code> to the upvalue
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5039 with index <code>up</code> of the function <code>f</code>.
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5040 The function returns <b>nil</b> if there is no upvalue
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5041 with the given index.
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5042 Otherwise, it returns the name of the upvalue.
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5043
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5044
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5045
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5046
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5047 <p>
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5048 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.setuservalue"><code>debug.setuservalue (udata, value)</code></a></h3>
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5049
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5050
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5051 <p>
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5052 Sets the given <code>value</code> as
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5053 the Lua value associated to the given <code>udata</code>.
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5054 <code>udata</code> must be a full userdata.
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5055
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5056
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5057 <p>
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5058 Returns <code>udata</code>.
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5059
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5060
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5061
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5062
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5063 <p>
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5064 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.traceback"><code>debug.traceback ([thread,] [message [, level]])</code></a></h3>
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5065
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5066
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5067 <p>
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5068 If <code>message</code> is present but is neither a string nor <b>nil</b>,
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5069 this function returns <code>message</code> without further processing.
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5070 Otherwise,
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5071 it returns a string with a traceback of the call stack.
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5072 The optional <code>message</code> string is appended
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5073 at the beginning of the traceback.
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5074 An optional <code>level</code> number tells at which level
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5075 to start the traceback
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5076 (default is 1, the function calling <code>traceback</code>).
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5077
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5078
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5079
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5080
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5081 <p>
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5082 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.upvalueid"><code>debug.upvalueid (f, n)</code></a></h3>
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5083
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5084
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5085 <p>
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5086 Returns a unique identifier (as a light userdata)
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5087 for the upvalue numbered <code>n</code>
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5088 from the given function.
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5089
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5090
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5091 <p>
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5092 These unique identifiers allow a program to check whether different
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5093 closures share upvalues.
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5094 Lua closures that share an upvalue
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5095 (that is, that access a same external local variable)
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5096 will return identical ids for those upvalue indices.
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5097
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5098
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5099
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5100
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5101 <p>
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5102 <hr><h3><a name="pdf-debug.upvaluejoin"><code>debug.upvaluejoin (f1, n1, f2, n2)</code></a></h3>
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5103
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5104
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5105 <p>
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5106 Make the <code>n1</code>-th upvalue of the Lua closure <code>f1</code>
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5107 refer to the <code>n2</code>-th upvalue of the Lua closure <code>f2</code>.
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5108
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5109
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5110
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5111
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5112
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5113
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5114
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5115 <h1>7 &ndash; <a name="7">Lua Standalone</a></h1>
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5116
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5117 <p>
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5118 Although Lua has been designed as an extension language,
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5119 to be embedded in a host C&nbsp;program,
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5120 it is also frequently used as a standalone language.
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5121 An interpreter for Lua as a standalone language,
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5122 called simply <code>lua</code>,
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5123 is provided with the standard distribution.
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5124 The standalone interpreter includes
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5125 all standard libraries, including the debug library.
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5126 Its usage is:
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5127
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5128 <pre>
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5129 lua [options] [script [args]]
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5130 </pre><p>
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5131 The options are:
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5132
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5133 <ul>
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5134 <li><b><code>-e <em>stat</em></code>: </b> executes string <em>stat</em>;</li>
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5135 <li><b><code>-l <em>mod</em></code>: </b> "requires" <em>mod</em>;</li>
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5136 <li><b><code>-i</code>: </b> enters interactive mode after running <em>script</em>;</li>
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5137 <li><b><code>-v</code>: </b> prints version information;</li>
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5138 <li><b><code>-E</code>: </b> ignores environment variables;</li>
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5139 <li><b><code>--</code>: </b> stops handling options;</li>
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5140 <li><b><code>-</code>: </b> executes <code>stdin</code> as a file and stops handling options.</li>
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5141 </ul><p>
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5142 After handling its options, <code>lua</code> runs the given <em>script</em>.
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5143 When called without arguments,
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5144 <code>lua</code> behaves as <code>lua -v -i</code>
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5145 when the standard input (<code>stdin</code>) is a terminal,
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5146 and as <code>lua -</code> otherwise.
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5147
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5148
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5149 <p>
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5150 When called without option <code>-E</code>,
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5151 the interpreter checks for an environment variable <a name="pdf-LUA_INIT_5_3"><code>LUA_INIT_5_3</code></a>
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5152 (or <a name="pdf-LUA_INIT"><code>LUA_INIT</code></a> if the versioned name is not defined)
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5153 before running any argument.
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5154 If the variable content has the format <code>@<em>filename</em></code>,
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5155 then <code>lua</code> executes the file.
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5156 Otherwise, <code>lua</code> executes the string itself.
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5157
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5158
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5159 <p>
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5160 When called with option <code>-E</code>,
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5161 besides ignoring <code>LUA_INIT</code>,
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5162 Lua also ignores
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5163 the values of <code>LUA_PATH</code> and <code>LUA_CPATH</code>,
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5164 setting the values of
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5165 <a href="#pdf-package.path"><code>package.path</code></a> and <a href="#pdf-package.cpath"><code>package.cpath</code></a>
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5166 with the default paths defined in <code>luaconf.h</code>.
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5167
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5168
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5169 <p>
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5170 All options are handled in order, except <code>-i</code> and <code>-E</code>.
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5171 For instance, an invocation like
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5172
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5173 <pre>
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5174 $ lua -e'a=1' -e 'print(a)' script.lua
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5175 </pre><p>
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5176 will first set <code>a</code> to 1, then print the value of <code>a</code>,
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5177 and finally run the file <code>script.lua</code> with no arguments.
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5178 (Here <code>$</code> is the shell prompt. Your prompt may be different.)
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5179
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5180
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5181 <p>
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5182 Before running any code,
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5183 <code>lua</code> collects all command-line arguments
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5184 in a global table called <code>arg</code>.
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5185 The script name goes to index 0,
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5186 the first argument after the script name goes to index 1,
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5187 and so on.
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5188 Any arguments before the script name
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5189 (that is, the interpreter name plus its options)
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5190 go to negative indices.
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5191 For instance, in the call
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5192
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5193 <pre>
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5194 $ lua -la b.lua t1 t2
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5195 </pre><p>
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5196 the table is like this:
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5197
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5198 <pre>
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5199 arg = { [-2] = "lua", [-1] = "-la",
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5200 [0] = "b.lua",
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5201 [1] = "t1", [2] = "t2" }
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5202 </pre><p>
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5203 If there is no script in the call,
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5204 the interpreter name goes to index 0,
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5205 followed by the other arguments.
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5206 For instance, the call
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5207
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5208 <pre>
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5209 $ lua -e "print(arg[1])"
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5210 </pre><p>
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5211 will print "<code>-e</code>".
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5212 If there is a script,
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5213 the script is called with parameters
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5214 <code>arg[1]</code>, &middot;&middot;&middot;, <code>arg[#arg]</code>.
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5215 (Like all chunks in Lua,
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5216 the script is compiled as a vararg function.)
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5217
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5218
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5219 <p>
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5220 In interactive mode,
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5221 Lua repeatedly prompts and waits for a line.
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5222 After reading a line,
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5223 Lua first try to interpret the line as an expression.
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5224 If it succeeds, it prints its value.
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5225 Otherwise, it interprets the line as a statement.
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5226 If you write an incomplete statement,
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5227 the interpreter waits for its completion
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5228 by issuing a different prompt.
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5229
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5230
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5231 <p>
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5232 In case of unprotected errors in the script,
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5233 the interpreter reports the error to the standard error stream.
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5234 If the error object is not a string but
429
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5235 has a metamethod <code>__to_string</code>,
371
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5236 the interpreter calls this metamethod to produce the final message.
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5237 Otherwise, the interpreter converts the error object to a string
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5238 and adds a stack traceback to it.
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5239
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5240
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5241 <p>
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5242 When finishing normally,
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5243 the interpreter closes its main Lua state
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5244 (see <a href="#lua_close"><code>lua_close</code></a>).
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5245 The script can avoid this step by
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5246 calling <a href="#pdf-os.exit"><code>os.exit</code></a> to terminate.
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5247
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5248
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5249 <p>
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5250 To allow the use of Lua as a
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5251 script interpreter in Unix systems,
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5252 the standalone interpreter skips
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5253 the first line of a chunk if it starts with <code>#</code>.
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5254 Therefore, Lua scripts can be made into executable programs
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5255 by using <code>chmod +x</code> and the&nbsp;<code>#!</code> form,
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5256 as in
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5257
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5258 <pre>
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5259 #!/usr/local/bin/lua
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5260 </pre><p>
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5261 (Of course,
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5262 the location of the Lua interpreter may be different in your machine.
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5263 If <code>lua</code> is in your <code>PATH</code>,
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5264 then
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5265
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5266 <pre>
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5267 #!/usr/bin/env lua
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5268 </pre><p>
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5269 is a more portable solution.)
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5270
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5271
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5272
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5273 <h1>8 &ndash; <a name="8">Incompatibilities with the Previous Version</a></h1>
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5274
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5275 <p>
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5276 Here we list the incompatibilities that you may find when moving a program
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5277 from Lua&nbsp;5.2 to Lua&nbsp;5.3.
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5278 You can avoid some incompatibilities by compiling Lua with
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5279 appropriate options (see file <code>luaconf.h</code>).
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5280 However,
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5281 all these compatibility options will be removed in the future.
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5282
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5283
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5284 <p>
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5285 Lua versions can always change the C API in ways that
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5286 do not imply source-code changes in a program,
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5287 such as the numeric values for constants
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5288 or the implementation of functions as macros.
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5289 Therefore,
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5290 you should not assume that binaries are compatible between
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5291 different Lua versions.
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5292 Always recompile clients of the Lua API when
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5293 using a new version.
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5294
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5295
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5296 <p>
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5297 Similarly, Lua versions can always change the internal representation
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5298 of precompiled chunks;
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5299 precompiled chunks are not compatible between different Lua versions.
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5300
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5301
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5302 <p>
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5303 The standard paths in the official distribution may
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5304 change between versions.
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5305
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5306
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5307
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5308 <h2>8.1 &ndash; <a name="8.1">Changes in the Language</a></h2>
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5309 <ul>
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5310
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5311 <li>
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5312 The main difference between Lua&nbsp;5.2 and Lua&nbsp;5.3 is the
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5313 introduction of an integer subtype for numbers.
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5314 Although this change should not affect "normal" computations,
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5315 some computations
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5316 (mainly those that involve some kind of overflow)
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5317 can give different results.
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5318
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5319
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5320 <p>
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5321 You can fix these differences by forcing a number to be a float
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5322 (in Lua&nbsp;5.2 all numbers were float),
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5323 in particular writing constants with an ending <code>.0</code>
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5324 or using <code>x = x + 0.0</code> to convert a variable.
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5325 (This recommendation is only for a quick fix
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5326 for an occasional incompatibility;
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5327 it is not a general guideline for good programming.
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5328 For good programming,
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5329 use floats where you need floats
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5330 and integers where you need integers.)
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5331 </li>
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5332
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5333 <li>
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5334 The conversion of a float to a string now adds a <code>.0</code> suffix
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5335 to the result if it looks like an integer.
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5336 (For instance, the float 2.0 will be printed as <code>2.0</code>,
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5337 not as <code>2</code>.)
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5338 You should always use an explicit format
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5339 when you need a specific format for numbers.
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5340
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5341
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5342 <p>
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5343 (Formally this is not an incompatibility,
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5344 because Lua does not specify how numbers are formatted as strings,
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5345 but some programs assumed a specific format.)
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5346 </li>
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5347
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5348 <li>
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5349 The generational mode for the garbage collector was removed.
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5350 (It was an experimental feature in Lua&nbsp;5.2.)
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5351 </li>
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5352
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5353 </ul>
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5354
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5355
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5356
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5357
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5358 <h2>8.2 &ndash; <a name="8.2">Changes in the Libraries</a></h2>
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5359 <ul>
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5360
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5361 <li>
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5362 The <code>bit32</code> library has been deprecated.
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5363 It is easy to require a compatible external library or,
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5364 better yet, to replace its functions with appropriate bitwise operations.
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5365 (Keep in mind that <code>bit32</code> operates on 32-bit integers,
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5366 while the bitwise operators in standard Lua operate on 64-bit integers.)
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5367 </li>
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5368
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5369 <li>
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5370 The Table library now respects metamethods
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5371 for setting and getting elements.
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5372 </li>
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5373
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5374 <li>
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5375 The <a href="#pdf-ipairs"><code>ipairs</code></a> iterator now respects metamethods and
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5376 its <code>__ipairs</code> metamethod has been deprecated.
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5377 </li>
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5378
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5379 <li>
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5380 Option names in <a href="#pdf-io.read"><code>io.read</code></a> do not have a starting '<code>*</code>' anymore.
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diff changeset
5381 For compatibility, Lua will continue to ignore this character.
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5382 </li>
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5383
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5384 <li>
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5385 The following functions were deprecated in the mathematical library:
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5386 <code>atan2</code>, <code>cosh</code>, <code>sinh</code>, <code>tanh</code>, <code>pow</code>,
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5387 <code>frexp</code>, and <code>ldexp</code>.
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5388 You can replace <code>math.pow(x,y)</code> with <code>x^y</code>;
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diff changeset
5389 you can replace <code>math.atan2</code> with <code>math.atan</code>,
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5390 which now accepts one or two parameters;
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5391 you can replace <code>math.ldexp(x,exp)</code> with <code>x * 2.0^exp</code>.
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diff changeset
5392 For the other operations,
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5393 you can either use an external library or
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5394 implement them in Lua.
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5395 </li>
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5396
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5397 <li>
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parents:
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5398 The searcher for C loaders used by <a href="#pdf-require"><code>require</code></a>
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5399 changed the way it handles versioned names.
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5400 Now, the version should come after the module name
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5401 (as is usual in most other tools).
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5402 For compatibility, that searcher still tries the old format
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diff changeset
5403 if it cannot find an open function according to the new style.
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diff changeset
5404 (Lua&nbsp;5.2 already worked that way,
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5405 but it did not document the change.)
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5406 </li>
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5407
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5408 </ul>
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5409
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5410
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5411
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5412
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5413 <h2>8.3 &ndash; <a name="8.3">Changes in the API</a></h2>
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5414
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5415
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5416 <ul>
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5417
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5418 <li>
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5419 Continuation functions now receive as parameters what they needed
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5420 to get through <code>lua_getctx</code>,
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5421 so <code>lua_getctx</code> has been removed.
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5422 Adapt your code accordingly.
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5423 </li>
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5424
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5425 <li>
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5426 Function <a href="#lua_dump"><code>lua_dump</code></a> has an extra parameter, <code>strip</code>.
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5427 Use 0 as the value of this parameter to get the old behavior.
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5428 </li>
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5429
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5430 <li>
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5431 Functions to inject/project unsigned integers
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5432 (<code>lua_pushunsigned</code>, <code>lua_tounsigned</code>, <code>lua_tounsignedx</code>,
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5433 <code>luaL_checkunsigned</code>, <code>luaL_optunsigned</code>)
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5434 were deprecated.
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5435 Use their signed equivalents with a type cast.
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5436 </li>
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5437
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5438 <li>
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5439 Macros to project non-default integer types
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5440 (<code>luaL_checkint</code>, <code>luaL_optint</code>, <code>luaL_checklong</code>, <code>luaL_optlong</code>)
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5441 were deprecated.
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5442 Use their equivalent over <a href="#lua_Integer"><code>lua_Integer</code></a> with a type cast
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5443 (or, when possible, use <a href="#lua_Integer"><code>lua_Integer</code></a> in your code).
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5444 </li>
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5445
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5446 </ul>
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5447
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5448
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5449
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5450
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5451 <h1>9 &ndash; <a name="9">The Complete Syntax of Lua</a></h1>
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5452
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5453 <p>
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5454 Here is the complete syntax of Lua in extended BNF.
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5455 As usual in extended BNF,
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5456 {A} means 0 or more As,
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5457 and [A] means an optional A.
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5458 (For operator precedences, see <a href="#3.4.8">&sect;3.4.8</a>;
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5459 for a description of the terminals
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5460 Name, Numeral,
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5461 and LiteralString, see <a href="#3.1">&sect;3.1</a>.)
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5462
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5463
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5464
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5465
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5466 <pre>
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5467
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5468 chunk ::= block
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5469
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5470 block ::= {stat} [retstat]
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5471
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5472 stat ::= &lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo; |
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5473 varlist &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; explist |
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5474 functioncall |
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5475 label |
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5476 <b>break</b> |
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5477 <b>goto</b> Name |
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5478 <b>do</b> block <b>end</b> |
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5479 <b>while</b> exp <b>do</b> block <b>end</b> |
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5480 <b>repeat</b> block <b>until</b> exp |
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5481 <b>if</b> exp <b>then</b> block {<b>elseif</b> exp <b>then</b> block} [<b>else</b> block] <b>end</b> |
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5482 <b>for</b> Name &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; exp [&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; exp] <b>do</b> block <b>end</b> |
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5483 <b>for</b> namelist <b>in</b> explist <b>do</b> block <b>end</b> |
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5484 <b>function</b> funcname funcbody |
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5485 <b>local</b> <b>function</b> Name funcbody |
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5486 <b>local</b> namelist [&lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; explist]
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5487
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5488 retstat ::= <b>return</b> [explist] [&lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo;]
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5489
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5490 label ::= &lsquo;<b>::</b>&rsquo; Name &lsquo;<b>::</b>&rsquo;
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5491
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5492 funcname ::= Name {&lsquo;<b>.</b>&rsquo; Name} [&lsquo;<b>:</b>&rsquo; Name]
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5493
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5494 varlist ::= var {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; var}
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5495
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5496 var ::= Name | prefixexp &lsquo;<b>[</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>]</b>&rsquo; | prefixexp &lsquo;<b>.</b>&rsquo; Name
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5497
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5498 namelist ::= Name {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; Name}
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5499
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5500 explist ::= exp {&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; exp}
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5501
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5502 exp ::= <b>nil</b> | <b>false</b> | <b>true</b> | Numeral | LiteralString | &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo; | functiondef |
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5503 prefixexp | tableconstructor | exp binop exp | unop exp
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5504
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5505 prefixexp ::= var | functioncall | &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo;
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5506
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5507 functioncall ::= prefixexp args | prefixexp &lsquo;<b>:</b>&rsquo; Name args
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5508
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5509 args ::= &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; [explist] &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo; | tableconstructor | LiteralString
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5510
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5511 functiondef ::= <b>function</b> funcbody
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5512
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5513 funcbody ::= &lsquo;<b>(</b>&rsquo; [parlist] &lsquo;<b>)</b>&rsquo; block <b>end</b>
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5514
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5515 parlist ::= namelist [&lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo;] | &lsquo;<b>...</b>&rsquo;
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5516
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5517 tableconstructor ::= &lsquo;<b>{</b>&rsquo; [fieldlist] &lsquo;<b>}</b>&rsquo;
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5518
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5519 fieldlist ::= field {fieldsep field} [fieldsep]
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5520
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5521 field ::= &lsquo;<b>[</b>&rsquo; exp &lsquo;<b>]</b>&rsquo; &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; exp | Name &lsquo;<b>=</b>&rsquo; exp | exp
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5522
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5523 fieldsep ::= &lsquo;<b>,</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>;</b>&rsquo;
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5524
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5525 binop ::= &lsquo;<b>+</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>-</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>*</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>/</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>//</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>^</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>%</b>&rsquo; |
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5526 &lsquo;<b>&amp;</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>~</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>|</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>&gt;&gt;</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>&lt;&lt;</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>..</b>&rsquo; |
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5527 &lsquo;<b>&lt;</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>&lt;=</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>&gt;</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>&gt;=</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>==</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>~=</b>&rsquo; |
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5528 <b>and</b> | <b>or</b>
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5529
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5530 unop ::= &lsquo;<b>-</b>&rsquo; | <b>not</b> | &lsquo;<b>#</b>&rsquo; | &lsquo;<b>~</b>&rsquo;
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5531
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5532 </pre>
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5533
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5534 <p>
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5535
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5536
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5537
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5539
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5541
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5542
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5543 <HR>
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5544 <SMALL CLASS="footer">
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5545 Last update:
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5546 Fri Jan 16 00:58:20 BRST 2015
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5547 </SMALL>
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5548 <!--
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5552 </div>
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5553
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5554 <% Html.simply_html_body_bottom() %>
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5555 </body>
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5556 </html>
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5557 <%
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5558 end