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ValueMatcher. notNil = createMatcher (function (value) if value == nil then return false, 'was nil.' else return true end end)--- Matches a specific value type. ValueMatcher . matchType = function ( typeName ) return createMatcher ( function ( value ) if type ( value ) == typeName then return true else return false , ( 'was not a %s, but a %s ...
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]
If it isn't a table, it's a string, a number, a boolean, a function, or a nil. Libraries are tables. string.gmatch is the "gmatch" entry in the table named by the global variable string. Arguments that you receive from MediaWiki are tables. But they're a bit special. Arrays are tables that follow a specific convention.
In video game development, Lua is widely used as a scripting language, mainly due to its perceived easiness to embed, fast execution, and short learning curve. [25] Notable games which use Lua include Roblox, [26] Garry's Mod, World of Warcraft, Payday 2, Phantasy Star Online 2, Dota 2, Crysis, [27] and many others.
While Lua allows the true and false boolean values, wikicode templates can only express boolean values through strings such as "yes", "no", etc. This module processes these kinds of strings and turns them into boolean input for Lua to process. It also returns nil values as nil, to allow for distinctions between nil and false. The module also ...
As a beginner, or in casual talk page conversation, you might only have one little calculation you want to use Lua for but don't want to write a full module. You might find Module:LuaCall convenient for this. For example, you can test how a greedy Lua pattern works: {{# invoke: LuaCall | main | a = bbbbbbbbbba | b = bb (. *) b (. +) bba ...
Chocolatier (video game) Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients; Chocolatier: Decadence by Design; Civilization V; Civilization VI; Command: Modern Air Naval Operations; Company of Heroes (video game) Cortex Command; Crackdown (video game) Crysis (video game)
Short-circuit evaluation, minimal evaluation, or McCarthy evaluation (after John McCarthy) is the semantics of some Boolean operators in some programming languages in which the second argument is executed or evaluated only if the first argument does not suffice to determine the value of the expression: when the first argument of the AND function evaluates to false, the overall value must be ...