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Lua module U101
Introduction to Lua.
Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module U101. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Lua, Lua Programming, Lua Programming



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Examples from our training material
demo   Some Lua Basics
easys   Read - calculate - conditionals - output
ello   Commenting - line and multiline
hello   Some variable types in Lua
lop   Testing to see if a fallback is needed
moongreet   Hello Lua World
simples   Read keyboard - calculate - output result
stdo   Calling standard functions / setting up variables
straightforwards   Read - calculate - loop - output
Background information
Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from [here].
Topics covered in this module
What is Lua.
Hello Lua World.
Sourcing, versions.
Where is Lua used?
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