Difference between revisions of "Basic lua: Functions"
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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. | ||
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== Creating a function == | == Creating a function == | ||
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| − | ! method 1: | + | ! method 1: function operator !! |
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| style="max-width:680px;" | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | | style="max-width:680px;" | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | ||
| − | + | function hello() | |
| − | + | print("hello world!") | |
| + | end | ||
| − | + | hello() | |
| − | + | </syntaxhighlight> || width="180px" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:Basic_lua_(functions)_1.png|frameless|center|180px]] | |
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| + | ! method 2: variables can be functions too !! | ||
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| + | | style="max-width:680px;" | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | ||
| + | function hello() | ||
| + | print("hello world!") | ||
end | end | ||
| − | + | hello() | |
| − | + | </syntaxhighlight> || width="180px" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:Basic_lua_(functions)_1.png|frameless|center|180px]] | |
| − | </syntaxhighlight> || width="180px" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:Basic_lua_( | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 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 a function
| method 1: function operator | |
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function hello()
print("hello world!")
end
hello()
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| method 2: variables can be functions too | |
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function hello()
print("hello world!")
end
hello()
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