Programming in Lua 3ed [Fourth Edition] 9788590379850, 859037985X, 9788590379867, 8590379868

"Lua is spreading more and more throughout different areas of software, from embedded systems and mobile devices to

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Programming in Lua 3ed [Fourth Edition]
 9788590379850, 859037985X, 9788590379867, 8590379868

Table of contents :
Content: I. The Basics --
2 Interlude: The Eight-Queen Puzzle --
3 Numbers --
4 Strings --
5 Tables --
6 Functions --
7 The External --
8 Filling some Gaps --
II. Real Programming --
9 Closures --
10 Pattern Matching --
11 Interlude: Most Frequent Words --
12 Date and Time --
13 Bits and Bytes --
14 Data Structures --
15 Data Files and Serialization --
16 Compilation, Execution, and Errors --
17 Modules and Packages --
III. Lua-isms --
18 Iterators and the Generic for --
19 Interlude: Markov Chain Algorithm --
20 Metatables and Metamethods --
21 Object-Oriented Programming --
22 The Environment.

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