--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/LuaNumber.java	Tue Nov 13 05:54:32 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package luan;
+
+
+public class LuaNumber {
+	final double n;
+
+	public LuaNumber(double n) {
+		this.n = n;
+	}
+
+	// convert to Lua format
+	@Override public String toString() {
+		String s = Double.toString(n);
+		int iE = s.indexOf('E');
+		String ending  = null;
+		if( iE != -1 ) {
+			ending = s.substring(iE);
+			s = s.substring(0,iE);
+		}
+		if( s.endsWith(".0") )
+			s = s.substring(0,s.length()-2);
+		if( ending != null )
+			s += ending;
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	@Override public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+		if( !(obj instanceof LuaNumber) )
+			return false;
+		LuaNumber ln = (LuaNumber)obj;
+		return n == ln.n;
+	}
+
+	@Override public int hashCode() {
+		return Double.valueOf(n).hashCode();
+	}
+
+}