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Nov 18, 2020 · What does the ~= operator mean in Lua? For example, in the following code: if x ~= params then

Nov 20, 2013 · In Lua's case, the language is intended to be an embedded scripting language, so any changes that make the language more complex or potentially make the compiler/runtime even …

I have seen the hash character '#' being added to the front of variables a lot in Lua. What does it do? EXAMPLE -- sort AIs in currentlevel table.sort (level.ais, function (a,b) return a.y < b...

The Lua authors felt that continue was only one of a number of possible new control flow mechanisms (the fact that it cannot work with the scope rules of repeat/until was a secondary factor.)

Is there a common way to get the current time in or with milliseconds? There is os.time(), but it only provides full seconds.

I want to make a command that would kill a player you specify. Let's say I type &quot;kill/Paul&quot;. Now I want to kill the player with the name Paul. This is my command Script: local player = .....

Aug 6, 2013 · I'm currently trying to make a new admin command script; all I have so far is the kill command... everything I've tried (so far) works unless I use the ":* me" parameter ("*"being any …

Aug 21, 2016 · Are you asking us to explain how that install command works? Have you looked at the contents of the file referenced on raw.githubusercontent.com? Have you looked at the …

Feb 5, 2012 · But inside mylib.lua I would also like to load other necessary modules and I don't feel like always specifying the full path (e.g. mylib.mylib-utils). If I ever decide to move the folder I'm going to …