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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My First Lua Code
This Lua code runs in redis. It iterates over some JSON docs, and applies some logic based on the user (if any) making the request. I'm sure there's a lot I can improve here.
local function ...
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C++: Generating similar methods with macros
I am currently working on a project that involves Lua. For convenience, I created a wrapper class for the Lua state structure. However, I also added some methods for getting globals and table fields. ...
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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 ...
3
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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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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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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 ...
