How many keywords does lua have and what are all the keywords in lua?

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I'm unsure how many key words lua has and i want to know all the keywords in lua

What I have tried:

I tried googling but i can't seem to find any articles with every single keyword in lua unlike python

Posted 16-Mar-22 3:26am

Anthony Durk

Updated 16-Mar-22 5:59am

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Patrice T 16-Mar-22 11:52am

Too bad you didn't found the documentation on internet.

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Solution 1

Read the official documentation: The Programming Language Lua[^]

Posted 16-Mar-22 3:39am

Richard MacCutchan

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Maciej Los 16-Mar-22 10:01am

Oh, NO! Again a reference to the documentation? :D
5ed!

Richard MacCutchan 16-Mar-22 11:12am

lol

Anthony Durk 16-Mar-22 11:31am

The documentation is messy and it does not show all the keywords

Richard MacCutchan 16-Mar-22 12:01pm

Well that is the only place you will find them.

Maciej Los 16-Mar-22 16:08pm

Wrong. Documentation is not messy. You haven't try enough to find the list of keywords.

CPallini 17-Mar-22 3:13am

If Lua documentation is messy then Java is fast.

Solution 2

[update]
(Thanks to Maciej Los)
See the ~~index section of the reference manual, e.g. Lua 5.4 Reference Manual - contents[^]~~ section 3.1 ofLua 5.4 Reference Manual[^].
[/update]

Posted 16-Mar-22 4:01am

CPallini

Updated 16-Mar-22 21:09pm

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Maciej Los 16-Mar-22 13:35pm

Carlo, the link you provided is the list of functions, not keywords.
Some one has down-voted your answer, instead of posting comment, which is unfair.
Change the link and let me know, then i will upvote your answer.

CPallini 17-Mar-22 3:06am

OOOPS, you're right.
Thank you for pointing it out.

Maciej Los 17-Mar-22 10:09am

:)Upvoted!

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-16T05:59:00

Solution 3

You can find it in the documentation under Section 3 - The Language.
Lua 5.4 Reference Manual - Section 3.1 - Lexical Conventions[^]

Beyond reading it to you, this is the best answer you're going to get.

Posted 16-Mar-22 5:59am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Maciej Los 16-Mar-22 13:39pm

Dave, some one has down-voted your answer. I'd suggest to remove it to avoid further down-voting and due to the fact that Richard's answer is providing to the same documentation.

Dave Kreskowiak 16-Mar-22 15:07pm

I get the feeling the OP is the one hitting the 1-vote. Every answer has been 1-voted.

I'm not removing the answer as it takes the OP directly to the section in the documentation where the complete list of keywords is shown.

Maciej Los 17-Mar-22 10:09am

Upvoted :)

CPallini 17-Mar-22 10:31am

"Beyond reading it to you, this is the best answer you're going to get."
:-D
My 5.