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--- programming:lua [2021/04/02 06:42]
nanodano created
+++ programming:lua [2021/04/14 02:44] (current)
nanodano [Executing code]
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 Also search for other packages with ''apt-cache search lua''  because there are a lot of libraries available like http, json, filesystem, curl, curses, databases and more.
-If you want to build from source, it's very easy because it's so portable and written in ANSI C. Simply [[https://www.lua.org/download.html|download], extract and run ''make''.
+If you want to build from source, it's very easy because it's so portable and written in ANSI C. Simply [[https://www.lua.org/download.html|download]], extract and run ''make''.
 <code bash>
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 </code>
-===== Hello World =====
+===== Executing code =====
-There are a few ways you could execute the Hello World code.
+There are a few ways you could execute a script:
-- In the interactive REPL: ''lua''
+  * In the interactive REPL: ''lua''
-- By invoking the Lua interpreter and passing it a file: ''lua hello.lua''
+  * By invoking the Lua interpreter and passing it a file: ''lua hello.lua''
-- By executing a script directly with a shebang (''#!/usr/bin/lua''): ''./hello''
+  * By executing a script directly with a shebang (e.g. ''#!/usr/bin/lua'') and run with ''./hello''
-- Running a precompiled script (''luac hello.lua''): ''lua luac.out''
+  * Running a precompiled script. Compile with ''luac hello.lua'' and run with ''lua luac.out''
+===== Hello World =====
 <code lua hello_world.lua>
 print 'hello world'
 </code>

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