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Revision as of 01:23, 3 September 2022
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Tables are one of the features of Lua script, that make the scripting language so dynamic & easy to use, as they allow us to easily create tables, insert, remove & sort data. Tables are often comprised of arrays that usually involve keywords - or an index number - & a value. Tables can be accessed using multiple different methods.
Creating Functions
Below I am going to show you how to create your own custom functions.
Declare Function
| returns hello world! | |
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function hello()
print("hello world!")
end
hello()
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Variable as Function
| returns hello world! | |
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hello = function()
print("hello world!")
end
hello()
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Function with Input Arguments
| returns 6 | |
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function plus(a, b)
return a + b
end
print( plus(2, 4) )
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