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Feb 3, 2026 · Reference manual The official definition of the Lua language is its reference manual, which describes the syntax and the semantics of Lua, the standard libraries, and the C API. The …
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Lua 5.3 Reference Manual - contents
Aug 25, 2020 · Lua 5.3 Reference Manual The reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language. For a complete introduction to Lua programming, see the book Programming in Lua.
Programming in Lua : 1
Nevertheless, Lua is still the same language; most things that we will see here are valid regardless of how you are using Lua. For a start, we recommend that you use the stand-alone interpreter (that is, …
Lua 5.1 Reference Manual - contents
May 5, 2021 · Lua 5.1 Reference Manual The reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language. For a complete introduction to Lua programming, see the book Programming in Lua. This …
Version history - Lua
Dec 23, 2025 · Lua 2.3 Lua 2.3 was never released publicly; it only existed as a beta version. Lua 2.2 Lua 2.2 was released on 28 Nov 1995. Its main new features were long strings, the debug interface, …
Programming in Lua : 3.2
3.2 – Relational Operators Lua provides the following relational operators: < > <= >= == ~= All these operators always result in true or false. The operator == tests for equality; the operator ~= is the …