Basic lua: Types

There are multiple lua types available, which are automatically determined by the returned value of the variable, function or table.

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Types

boolean	This returns a value of true or false.
function	A function usually contains a list of actions to be executed & can often be used to calculate & return values.
nil	If no data type is returned then whatever you queried is either empty or does not exist, thus it is nil.
number	This usually contains an integer (whole) or floating point (decimal) number.
string	This usually contains text or numbers wrapped in "quotation marks" or 'apostrophes'.
table	This usually consists of an array, or multiple arrays of data & data types.

boolean: This returns a value of true or false.
local a = true print( a, type(a) )

function: A function usually contains a list of actions to be executed & can often be used to calculate & return values.
function a(i) return i end print( a(7), type(a) )

nil: If no data type is returned then whatever you queried is either empty or does not exist, thus it is nil.
local a = nil print( a, " type = " .. type(a) ) print( b, " type = " .. type(b) )

number
local a = 7 local b = 7.25 print( a, type(a) ) print( b, type(b) )

string
local a = "hello world" print( a, type(a) )

table
local a = {1,1+1,1*3,2*2,20/4,"6",3.5*2,10-2} print( a[1], a[2], a[3], a[4], a[5], a[6], a[7], a[8], type(a) )

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