Questions tagged [lua]
For code written in Lua, or built to interface with Lua (e.g. native code providing Lua functions).
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Encapsulating status codes and messages à la absl::Status
I'm new to Lua and thought a decent way of familiarizing myself with the language would be to implement some basic utility functionality around status codes. In particular I've reimplemented a subset ...
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<Programming in Lua - 4th> exercise 2.2 - place 8 queens
About exercise 2.2 Place N queens on N*N board, 1 queen per line, so that all queens are safe. Use permutation to improve the provided implementation from book. The ...
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Add DAP debugging to NeoVim on Mac
Upgrading from vim to neovim (on the mac). Part of this is to get the DAP debugger working from inside neovim. I have "Lazy&...
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Try to not repeat function in Lua
There is a way to not rewrite the same part (the cycle for i = 1...end) twice? ...
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function to print any type in Lua?
I'm learning Lua for about a week now and I've built (I hope) a function to print any type in Lua. As I'm new to Lua I don't quite understand: if there is a more succinct way to achieve this if ...
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Trailing delimiter string splicing, implemented for Lua in C
I've been writing with C for a couple days, so this is a relatively advanced function compared to the simple things I've been doing previously. It's written for the Lua API, but it's still C. ...
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3D torus in Lua
I'm a total beginoob in Lua. The aim is to display a 3D Torus in dots (see Figure1), or at least compute the positions, privileging clarity over performance. Pseudocode link. Don't hesitate to be ...
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I wrote my first pathfinding algorithm
I'm currently writing a small game in Lua, using the Love2d framework. I guess I'm doing it as a practice of sorts, but it did give me the opportunity to write my first pathfinding algorithm. I wrote ...
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