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

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

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May 12, 2011 · How can I implement bitwise operators in Lua language? Specifically, I need a XOR operator/method.

As for the pure Lua solutions, let me share this small benchmark, I've made. It covers every provided answer to this date and adds a few optimizations. Still, the basic thing to consider is: …

@rboy true but the point is, in Lua assigning nil to a table key means deleting it. There's no way to distinguish between keys with nil values and keys with no value, regardless of method.

I'm new to Lua, and need to know how to install it on Windows? I've tried and am unable to run the sample. When I try to compile it 100% success is shown, but when I click the run button it …

¹ Lua is a very minimalistic language. It tries to have as few features as it can get away with, and a continue statement isn't an essential feature in that sense.

Jul 7, 2023 · 15 How do I write an if statement in Lua that negates (inverts/flips) a Boolean variable used as the condition? For example, in Java, one can write:

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.