Lua operators, why isn't +=, -= and so on defined?
Nov 20, 2013 · In Lua's case, the language is intended to be an embedded scripting language, so any changes that make the language more complex or potentially make the compiler/runtime …
if statement - How to check if a value is equal or not equal to one …
Because control structures in Lua only consider nil and false to be false, and anything else to be true, this will always enter the if statement, which is not what you want either. There is no way …
What does # mean in Lua? - Stack Overflow
I have seen the hash character '#' being added to the front of variables a lot in Lua. What does it do? EXAMPLE -- sort AIs in currentlevel table.sort (level.ais, function (a,b) return a.y < b...
What does operator ~= mean in Lua? - Stack Overflow
Nov 18, 2020 · What does the ~= operator mean in Lua? For example, in the following code: if x ~= params then
function - Difference between . and : in Lua - Stack Overflow
Difference between . and : in Lua Asked 14 years, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 5 months ago Viewed 80k times
Inline conditions in Lua (a == b ? "yes" : "no")? - Stack Overflow
May 3, 2013 · There is a nice article on lua-users wiki about ternary operator, together with problem explanation and several solutions.
Newest 'lua' Questions - Stack Overflow
Dec 20, 2025 · I’m working with an old, unsupported Lua addon (Lua 5.1/LuaJIT). Its entry script appears to be a Luraph-style bootstrap that eventually calls loadstring with a decompressed …
Why does Lua have no "continue" statement? - Stack Overflow
The Lua authors felt that continue was only one of a number of possible new control flow mechanisms (the fact that it cannot work with the scope rules of repeat/until was a secondary …
Lua - if statement with two conditions on the same variable?
Jan 24, 2012 · 20 How can I set a lower and upper bound value for a variable in a if-statement in lua programming language? I need something like the pseudocode below.
sorting - Sort a Table [] in Lua - Stack Overflow
Apr 1, 2013 · A table in Lua is a set of key-value mappings with unique keys. The pairs are stored in arbitrary order and therefore the table is not sorted in any way. What you can do is iterate …