<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Lua on Pratham Dupare</title><link>https://heypratham.in/tags/lua/</link><description>Recent content in Lua on Pratham Dupare</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://heypratham.in/tags/lua/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Beginner's Guide to Lua</title><link>https://heypratham.in/write/lua-startguide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://heypratham.in/write/lua-startguide/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="lua---beginners-guide"&gt;Lua - Beginners Guide&lt;/h1&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;I recently started learning Lua and I found it to be a very interesting language. It is a very lightweight language and is used in many applications. It is also used in many games as a scripting language.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;This is a beginners guide to Lua.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;h2 id="printing"&gt;Printing&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;div class="highlight"&gt;&lt;pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"&gt;&lt;code class="language-lua" data-lang="lua"&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;print&lt;span style="color:#1f2328"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0a3069"&gt;&amp;#34;Hello World&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#1f2328"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id="comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;div class="highlight"&gt;&lt;pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"&gt;&lt;code class="language-lua" data-lang="lua"&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--this is a comment&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;print&lt;span style="color:#1f2328"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0a3069"&gt;&amp;#34;hello&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#1f2328"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--this is another comment&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;-- the next line will not do anything because it is commented out&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--print(&amp;#34;world&amp;#34;)&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 id="variables"&gt;Variables&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;div class="highlight"&gt;&lt;pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"&gt;&lt;code class="language-lua" data-lang="lua"&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;-- Different types&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;local&lt;/span&gt; x &lt;span style="color:#0550ae"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0550ae"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--number&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;local&lt;/span&gt; name &lt;span style="color:#0550ae"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0a3069"&gt;&amp;#34;john doe&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--string&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;local&lt;/span&gt; isAlive &lt;span style="color:#0550ae"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;false&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;-- boolean&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display:flex;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;local&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span style="color:#0550ae"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cf222e"&gt;nil&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#57606a"&gt;--no value or invalid value&lt;/span&gt;&#10;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Numbers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>