Nov 18, 2020 · What does the ~= operator mean in Lua? For example, in the following code: if x ~= params then

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...

May 3, 2013 · There is a nice article on lua-users wiki about ternary operator, together with problem explanation and several solutions.

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 …

I want to make a command that would kill a player you specify. Let's say I type &quot;kill/Paul&quot;. Now I want to kill the player with the name Paul. This is my command …

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Apr 15, 2017 · Is there a common way to get the current time in or with milliseconds? There is os.time(), but it only provides full seconds.

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 …

45 If you are splitting a string in Lua, you should try the string.gmatch () or string.sub () methods. Use the string.sub () method if you know the index you wish to split the string at, or use the …

@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.