Lua 5.1 Reference Manual

by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes

• 1 – Introduction
• 2 – The Language
  • 2.1 – Lexical Conventions
  • 2.2 – Values and Types
  • 2.3 – Variables
  • 2.4 – Statements
  • 2.5 – Expressions
  • 2.6 – Visibility Rules
  • 2.7 – Error Handling
  • 2.8 – Metatables
  • 2.9 – Environments
  • 2.10 – Garbage Collection
  • 2.11 – Coroutines
• 3 – The Application Program Interface
  • 3.1 – The Stack
  • 3.2 – Stack Size
  • 3.3 – Pseudo-Indices
  • 3.4 – C Closures
  • 3.5 – Registry
  • 3.6 – Error Handling in C
  • 3.7 – Functions and Types
  • 3.8 – The Debug Interface
• 4 – The Auxiliary Library
  • 4.1 – Functions and Types
• 5 – Standard Libraries
  • 5.1 – Basic Functions
  • 5.2 – Coroutine Manipulation
  • 5.3 – Modules
  • 5.4 – String Manipulation
  • 5.5 – Table Manipulation
  • 5.6 – Mathematical Functions
  • 5.7 – Input and Output Facilities
  • 5.8 – Operating System Facilities
  • 5.9 – The Debug Library
• 6 – Lua Stand-alone
• 7 – Incompatibilities with the Previous Version
  • 7.1 – Changes in the Language
  • 7.2 – Changes in the Libraries
  • 7.3 – Changes in the API
• 8 – The Complete Syntax of Lua