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Leadwerks Game Engine uses Lua for user scripts. [13] Lego Mindstorms NXT and NXT 2.0 can be scripted with Lua using third-party software. [14] lighttpd web server uses Lua for hook scripts as well as a modern replacement for the Cache Meta Language. LÖVE, a 2D game framework for Lua (programming language). [15]
Lua scripts may load extension modules using require, [20] just like modules written in Lua itself, or with package.loadlib. [22] When a C library is loaded via require ( 'foo' ) Lua will look for the function luaopen_foo and call it, which acts as any C function callable from Lua and generally returns a table filled with methods.
Pages in category "Lua (programming language)-scripted video games" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lua patterns deliberately lack the most complex regular expression constructs (to avoid bloating the Lua code base), where many other computer languages or libraries use a more complete set. Lua patterns are not even a subset of regular expressions, as there are also discrepancies, like Lua using the escape character % instead of \, , and ...
Also, unlike wp:templates which can be run interactively by edit-preview, the Lua script must be tested by show-preview (or run preview) of another page which uses a template which #invokes the Lua module being edited. In general, make one small change at a time, do a run show-preview, and save after a few good changes to have a version to ...
Lua is a programming language that is available via the Scribunto MediaWiki extension on the English Wikipedia. Since February 2013, Lua code can be embedded into wiki templates by employing the "{{#invoke:}}" functionality of Scribunto. This extension supports Lua 5.1 as of October 2022.
The Lua language has allowed misspelled, or uninitialized, variables to be used in a script which can eventually cause "script error" while giving no other indication of the misspelled name or invalid data.
In computing, a script is a relatively short and simple set of instructions that typically automate an otherwise manual process. The act of writing a script is called scripting . A scripting language or script language is a programming language that is used for scripting.