Lua Programming/Contents

This book is divided into the following chapters and appendices: generate Introduction Introduction This chapter introduces the Lua language and gives a brief overview of its purpose and history. It also introduces some programming concepts. 100% Expressions Expressions This chapters provides comprehensive coverage of expressions, operators and types. 100% Statements Statements This chapter describes the statements available in Lua. 100% Functions Functions This chapter explains the purpose and usage of functions and describes the syntax for function definitions. 100% Tables Tables This chapter covers table constructors, metatables, iterators and sorting. 100% Standard libraries Standard libraries This chapter describes the functionality offered by the standard libraries. 100% Appendix: Software testing Appendix:Software testing This appendix gives information about testing programs written in Lua. 100% Glossary Glossary This glossary contains accurate definitions of all significant terms used in the book and relevant to the subject. 100% Index Index This index contains a list of all the topics and functions covered in the book and references to the locations in the book where these topics and functions are described. 100% /