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...

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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

How to check if a table contains an element in Lua? Asked 15 years, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago Viewed 323k times

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: …

Aug 27, 2009 · How do I check if a directory exists in lua, preferably without using the LuaFileSystem module if possible? Trying to do something like this python line: …