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Split string in Lua?

I need to do a simple split of a string, but there doesn't seem to be a function for this, …

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Lua string to int

How can I convert a string to an integer in Lua? I have a string like this: a = "10" I would …

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How to get number of entries in a Lua table?

Sounds like a "let me google it for you" question, but somehow I can't find an answer. The Lua # operator …

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How to check if a table contains an element in Lua?

Is there a method for checking if a table contains a value ? I have my own (naive) function, but I …

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How to dump a table to console?

I'm having trouble displaying the contents of a table which contains nested tables (n-deep). I'd like to just dump it …

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For Loop on Lua

My assignment is how to do a for loop. I have figured it out in terms of numbers but cannot …

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List file using ls command in Linux with full path

Many will found that this is repeating questions but i have gone through all the questions before asked about this …

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Check if a string isn't nil or empty in Lua

I've some currently some Lua code using the following syntax: if (foo == nil or foo == '') then foo = "some default …

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How to iterate through table in Lua?

So, I have a table something along these lines: arr = { apples = { 'a', "red", 5 }, oranges = { 'o', "orange", 12 }, pears = { 'p', "green", 7 } } It …

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Why does Lua have no "continue" statement?

I have been dealing a lot with Lua in the past few months, and I really like most of the …

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