Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual ...
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Lua OOP and classically-styled prototypal inheritance
I want to do some object-oriented programming in Lua, and I decided on something like this:
local B = {} -- in real life there is other stuff in B
B.Object = {
constructor = function() end,
...
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Generating random strings
I've created the following string manipulation function for randomizing my passed string in Lua:
require "string"
require "math"
math.randomseed( os.time() )
function string.random( self )
...
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Is this bad OOP design?
I've discovered (and written) a way to object oriented programming in lua in a functional fashion instead of the standard metatable method. It carries much more functionality (no pun intended) but I'm ...
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How can i make this code more robust, fail proof?
I have some code that needs to update 2 separate databases with user credentials.
The first database, I just use standard sql to do it. The second database, I have to use command line scripts to ...
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3answers
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Is there a better way of implementing this control structure?
I have the following control structure that I would like to improve:
if(number >= 100) then doSetInc(id, 8, 20)
elseif(number >= 91) then doSetInc(id, 8, 30)
elseif(number >= 81) then ...
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1answer
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Help me improve my script
Was the best way to implent this? For example it will only say "It's nice I know." If you first ask "hat" and then answer "yes".
This is how I'm thinking:
Topic = 0
local messages = {
{"name", ...
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vote
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Lua aray problem [closed]
I'm working on a game but Im havin a bit of a problem. The problem is for example if i buy 1 ham it charges 55 gold and I get 1 ham but if I want 5 ham I get 5 ham but it only charge 55 gold when it ...
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LZW Compression In Lua [closed]
I would like a function for LZW data compression in the Lua programming language.
Here is the pseudocode -
pattern = get input character
while ( not end-of-file ) {
K = get input character
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luaproxy, (semi) automatic exportation of C++ classes to Lua
I'm writing a library that would ease the exportation of C++ classes (that is the definition of their members) to Lua. It originated from the need of tidying up the code for a server mod of a open ...
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vote
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Consolidating array accesses
Is there a better or easier way of doing this?
if array[1] and array[2] and array[3] and array[4] and array[5] == false then
--somthing
end
I have a lot of arrays to check and was wondering ...
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Is this a BSP tree? Am I missing something?
I've been practicing using BSP trees as I hear they are a good start to create procedural spaces such as houses.
For ease-of-deployment purposes, I've tested this code in Lua and it seems to work. ...
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Feedback on a C++ API for interfacing with Lua
I wanted a good way to move objects back and forth between Lua and C++, and I didn't want to use anything like LuaBind or the other available libraries I could find, so I instead wrote this. It's ...
