121d3294cSantirez<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 221d3294cSantirez<HTML> 321d3294cSantirez<HEAD> 421d3294cSantirez<TITLE>Lua 5.1 Reference Manual - contents</TITLE> 521d3294cSantirez<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="lua.css"> 6*214adc50Santirez<META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 721d3294cSantirez<STYLE TYPE="text/css"> 821d3294cSantirezul { 921d3294cSantirez list-style-type: none ; 1021d3294cSantirez} 1121d3294cSantirez</STYLE> 1221d3294cSantirez</HEAD> 1321d3294cSantirez 1421d3294cSantirez<BODY> 1521d3294cSantirez 1621d3294cSantirez<HR> 1721d3294cSantirez<H1> 1821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="http://www.lua.org/"><IMG SRC="logo.gif" ALT="" BORDER=0></A> 1921d3294cSantirezLua 5.1 Reference Manual 2021d3294cSantirez</H1> 2121d3294cSantirez 22*214adc50Santirez<P> 23*214adc50SantirezThe reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language. 24*214adc50SantirezFor a complete introduction to Lua programming, see the book 25*214adc50Santirez<A HREF="http://www.lua.org/docs.html#pil">Programming in Lua</A>. 26*214adc50Santirez 27*214adc50Santirez<P> 28*214adc50SantirezThis manual is also available as a book: 2921d3294cSantirez<BLOCKQUOTE> 3021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8590379833/lua-indexmanual-20"> 3121d3294cSantirez<IMG SRC="cover.png" ALT="" TITLE="buy from Amazon" BORDER=1 ALIGN="left" HSPACE=12> 3221d3294cSantirez</A> 3321d3294cSantirez<B>Lua 5.1 Reference Manual</B> 3421d3294cSantirez<BR>by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes 3521d3294cSantirez<BR>Lua.org, August 2006 3621d3294cSantirez<BR>ISBN 85-903798-3-3 3721d3294cSantirez<BR CLEAR="all"> 3821d3294cSantirez</BLOCKQUOTE> 3921d3294cSantirez 40*214adc50Santirez<P> 41*214adc50Santirez<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8590379833/lua-indexmanual-20">Buy a copy</A> 42*214adc50Santirezof this book and 4321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="http://www.lua.org/donations.html">help to support</A> 4421d3294cSantirezthe Lua project. 4521d3294cSantirez 4621d3294cSantirez<P> 4721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html">start</A> 4821d3294cSantirez· 4921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="#contents">contents</A> 5021d3294cSantirez· 5121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="#index">index</A> 5221d3294cSantirez· 53*214adc50Santirez<A HREF="http://www.lua.org/manual/">other versions</A> 5421d3294cSantirez<HR> 5521d3294cSantirez<SMALL> 56*214adc50SantirezCopyright © 2006–2012 Lua.org, PUC-Rio. 5721d3294cSantirezFreely available under the terms of the 58*214adc50Santirez<A HREF="http://www.lua.org/license.html">Lua license</A>. 5921d3294cSantirez</SMALL> 6021d3294cSantirez 6121d3294cSantirez<H2><A NAME="contents">Contents</A></H2> 6221d3294cSantirez<UL style="padding: 0"> 63*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html">1 – Introduction</A> 6421d3294cSantirez<P> 65*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2">2 – The Language</A> 6621d3294cSantirez<UL> 67*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.1">2.1 – Lexical Conventions</A> 68*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.2">2.2 – Values and Types</A> 6921d3294cSantirez<UL> 70*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 – Coercion</A> 7121d3294cSantirez</UL> 72*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.3">2.3 – Variables</A> 73*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4">2.4 – Statements</A> 7421d3294cSantirez<UL> 75*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.1">2.4.1 – Chunks</A> 76*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.2">2.4.2 – Blocks</A> 77*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.3">2.4.3 – Assignment</A> 78*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.4">2.4.4 – Control Structures</A> 79*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.5">2.4.5 – For Statement</A> 80*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.6">2.4.6 – Function Calls as Statements</A> 81*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.7">2.4.7 – Local Declarations</A> 8221d3294cSantirez</UL> 83*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5">2.5 – Expressions</A> 8421d3294cSantirez<UL> 85*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.1">2.5.1 – Arithmetic Operators</A> 86*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.2">2.5.2 – Relational Operators</A> 87*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.3">2.5.3 – Logical Operators</A> 88*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.4">2.5.4 – Concatenation</A> 89*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.5">2.5.5 – The Length Operator</A> 90*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.6">2.5.6 – Precedence</A> 91*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.7">2.5.7 – Table Constructors</A> 92*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.8">2.5.8 – Function Calls</A> 93*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.9">2.5.9 – Function Definitions</A> 9421d3294cSantirez</UL> 95*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.6">2.6 – Visibility Rules</A> 96*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.7">2.7 – Error Handling</A> 97*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.8">2.8 – Metatables</A> 98*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.9">2.9 – Environments</A> 99*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10">2.10 – Garbage Collection</A> 10021d3294cSantirez<UL> 101*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10.1">2.10.1 – Garbage-Collection Metamethods</A> 102*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10.2">2.10.2 – Weak Tables</A> 10321d3294cSantirez</UL> 104*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.11">2.11 – Coroutines</A> 10521d3294cSantirez</UL> 10621d3294cSantirez<P> 107*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3">3 – The Application Program Interface</A> 10821d3294cSantirez<UL> 109*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.1">3.1 – The Stack</A> 110*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.2">3.2 – Stack Size</A> 111*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.3">3.3 – Pseudo-Indices</A> 112*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.4">3.4 – C Closures</A> 113*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.5">3.5 – Registry</A> 114*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.6">3.6 – Error Handling in C</A> 115*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.7">3.7 – Functions and Types</A> 116*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#3.8">3.8 – The Debug Interface</A> 11721d3294cSantirez</UL> 11821d3294cSantirez<P> 119*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#4">4 – The Auxiliary Library</A> 12021d3294cSantirez<UL> 121*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#4.1">4.1 – Functions and Types</A> 12221d3294cSantirez</UL> 12321d3294cSantirez<P> 124*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5">5 – Standard Libraries</A> 12521d3294cSantirez<UL> 126*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.1">5.1 – Basic Functions</A> 127*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.2">5.2 – Coroutine Manipulation</A> 128*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.3">5.3 – Modules</A> 129*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.4">5.4 – String Manipulation</A> 13021d3294cSantirez<UL> 131*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.4.1">5.4.1 – Patterns</A> 13221d3294cSantirez</UL> 133*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.5">5.5 – Table Manipulation</A> 134*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.6">5.6 – Mathematical Functions</A> 135*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.7">5.7 – Input and Output Facilities</A> 136*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.8">5.8 – Operating System Facilities</A> 137*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.9">5.9 – The Debug Library</A> 13821d3294cSantirez</UL> 13921d3294cSantirez<P> 140*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#6">6 – Lua Stand-alone</A> 14121d3294cSantirez<P> 142*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#7">7 – Incompatibilities with the Previous Version</A> 14321d3294cSantirez<UL> 144*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#7.1">7.1 – Changes in the Language</A> 145*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#7.2">7.2 – Changes in the Libraries</A> 146*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#7.3">7.3 – Changes in the API</A> 14721d3294cSantirez</UL> 14821d3294cSantirez<P> 149*214adc50Santirez<LI><A HREF="manual.html#8">8 – The Complete Syntax of Lua</A> 15021d3294cSantirez</UL> 15121d3294cSantirez 15221d3294cSantirez<H2><A NAME="index">Index</A></H2> 15321d3294cSantirez<TABLE WIDTH="100%"> 15421d3294cSantirez<TR VALIGN="top"> 15521d3294cSantirez<TD> 15621d3294cSantirez<H3><A NAME="functions">Lua functions</A></H3> 15721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-_G">_G</A><BR> 15821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-_VERSION">_VERSION</A><BR> 159*214adc50Santirez<P> 160*214adc50Santirez 16121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-assert">assert</A><BR> 16221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-collectgarbage">collectgarbage</A><BR> 16321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-dofile">dofile</A><BR> 16421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-error">error</A><BR> 16521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-getfenv">getfenv</A><BR> 16621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-getmetatable">getmetatable</A><BR> 16721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-ipairs">ipairs</A><BR> 16821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-load">load</A><BR> 16921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-loadfile">loadfile</A><BR> 17021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-loadstring">loadstring</A><BR> 17121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-module">module</A><BR> 17221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-next">next</A><BR> 17321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-pairs">pairs</A><BR> 17421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-pcall">pcall</A><BR> 17521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-print">print</A><BR> 17621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawequal">rawequal</A><BR> 17721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawget">rawget</A><BR> 17821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawset">rawset</A><BR> 17921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-require">require</A><BR> 18021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-select">select</A><BR> 18121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-setfenv">setfenv</A><BR> 18221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-setmetatable">setmetatable</A><BR> 18321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-tonumber">tonumber</A><BR> 18421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-tostring">tostring</A><BR> 18521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-type">type</A><BR> 18621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-unpack">unpack</A><BR> 18721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-xpcall">xpcall</A><BR> 18821d3294cSantirez<P> 18921d3294cSantirez 19021d3294cSantirez<A 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26121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.pi">math.pi</A><BR> 26221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.pow">math.pow</A><BR> 26321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.rad">math.rad</A><BR> 26421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.random">math.random</A><BR> 26521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.randomseed">math.randomseed</A><BR> 26621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.sin">math.sin</A><BR> 26721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.sinh">math.sinh</A><BR> 26821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.sqrt">math.sqrt</A><BR> 26921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.tan">math.tan</A><BR> 27021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.tanh">math.tanh</A><BR> 27121d3294cSantirez<P> 27221d3294cSantirez 27321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.clock">os.clock</A><BR> 27421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.date">os.date</A><BR> 27521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.difftime">os.difftime</A><BR> 27621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.execute">os.execute</A><BR> 27721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.exit">os.exit</A><BR> 27821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.getenv">os.getenv</A><BR> 27921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.remove">os.remove</A><BR> 28021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.rename">os.rename</A><BR> 28121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.setlocale">os.setlocale</A><BR> 28221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.time">os.time</A><BR> 28321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.tmpname">os.tmpname</A><BR> 28421d3294cSantirez<P> 28521d3294cSantirez 28621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.cpath">package.cpath</A><BR> 28721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.loaded">package.loaded</A><BR> 28821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.loaders">package.loaders</A><BR> 28921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.loadlib">package.loadlib</A><BR> 29021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.path">package.path</A><BR> 29121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.preload">package.preload</A><BR> 29221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-package.seeall">package.seeall</A><BR> 29321d3294cSantirez<P> 29421d3294cSantirez 29521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.byte">string.byte</A><BR> 29621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.char">string.char</A><BR> 29721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.dump">string.dump</A><BR> 29821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.find">string.find</A><BR> 29921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.format">string.format</A><BR> 30021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.gmatch">string.gmatch</A><BR> 30121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.gsub">string.gsub</A><BR> 30221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.len">string.len</A><BR> 30321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.lower">string.lower</A><BR> 30421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.match">string.match</A><BR> 30521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.rep">string.rep</A><BR> 30621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.reverse">string.reverse</A><BR> 30721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.sub">string.sub</A><BR> 30821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.upper">string.upper</A><BR> 30921d3294cSantirez<P> 31021d3294cSantirez 31121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.concat">table.concat</A><BR> 31221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.insert">table.insert</A><BR> 31321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.maxn">table.maxn</A><BR> 31421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.remove">table.remove</A><BR> 31521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.sort">table.sort</A><BR> 31621d3294cSantirez 31721d3294cSantirez</TD> 31821d3294cSantirez<TD> 31921d3294cSantirez<H3>C API</H3> 32021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Alloc">lua_Alloc</A><BR> 32121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_CFunction">lua_CFunction</A><BR> 32221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Debug">lua_Debug</A><BR> 32321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Hook">lua_Hook</A><BR> 32421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Integer">lua_Integer</A><BR> 32521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Number">lua_Number</A><BR> 32621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Reader">lua_Reader</A><BR> 32721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_State">lua_State</A><BR> 32821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_Writer">lua_Writer</A><BR> 32921d3294cSantirez<P> 33021d3294cSantirez 33121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_atpanic">lua_atpanic</A><BR> 33221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_call">lua_call</A><BR> 33321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_checkstack">lua_checkstack</A><BR> 33421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_close">lua_close</A><BR> 33521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_concat">lua_concat</A><BR> 33621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_cpcall">lua_cpcall</A><BR> 33721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_createtable">lua_createtable</A><BR> 33821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_dump">lua_dump</A><BR> 33921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_equal">lua_equal</A><BR> 34021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_error">lua_error</A><BR> 34121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gc">lua_gc</A><BR> 34221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getallocf">lua_getallocf</A><BR> 34321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getfenv">lua_getfenv</A><BR> 34421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getfield">lua_getfield</A><BR> 34521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getglobal">lua_getglobal</A><BR> 34621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gethook">lua_gethook</A><BR> 34721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gethookcount">lua_gethookcount</A><BR> 34821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gethookmask">lua_gethookmask</A><BR> 34921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getinfo">lua_getinfo</A><BR> 35021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getlocal">lua_getlocal</A><BR> 35121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getmetatable">lua_getmetatable</A><BR> 35221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getstack">lua_getstack</A><BR> 35321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gettable">lua_gettable</A><BR> 35421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_gettop">lua_gettop</A><BR> 35521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_getupvalue">lua_getupvalue</A><BR> 35621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_insert">lua_insert</A><BR> 35721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isboolean">lua_isboolean</A><BR> 35821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_iscfunction">lua_iscfunction</A><BR> 35921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isfunction">lua_isfunction</A><BR> 36021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_islightuserdata">lua_islightuserdata</A><BR> 36121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isnil">lua_isnil</A><BR> 36221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isnone">lua_isnone</A><BR> 36321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isnoneornil">lua_isnoneornil</A><BR> 36421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isnumber">lua_isnumber</A><BR> 36521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isstring">lua_isstring</A><BR> 36621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_istable">lua_istable</A><BR> 36721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isthread">lua_isthread</A><BR> 36821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_isuserdata">lua_isuserdata</A><BR> 36921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_lessthan">lua_lessthan</A><BR> 37021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_load">lua_load</A><BR> 37121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_newstate">lua_newstate</A><BR> 37221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_newtable">lua_newtable</A><BR> 37321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_newthread">lua_newthread</A><BR> 37421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_newuserdata">lua_newuserdata</A><BR> 37521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_next">lua_next</A><BR> 37621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_objlen">lua_objlen</A><BR> 37721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pcall">lua_pcall</A><BR> 37821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pop">lua_pop</A><BR> 37921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushboolean">lua_pushboolean</A><BR> 38021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushcclosure">lua_pushcclosure</A><BR> 38121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushcfunction">lua_pushcfunction</A><BR> 38221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushfstring">lua_pushfstring</A><BR> 38321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushinteger">lua_pushinteger</A><BR> 38421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushlightuserdata">lua_pushlightuserdata</A><BR> 38521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushliteral">lua_pushliteral</A><BR> 38621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushlstring">lua_pushlstring</A><BR> 38721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushnil">lua_pushnil</A><BR> 38821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushnumber">lua_pushnumber</A><BR> 38921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushstring">lua_pushstring</A><BR> 39021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushthread">lua_pushthread</A><BR> 39121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushvalue">lua_pushvalue</A><BR> 39221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_pushvfstring">lua_pushvfstring</A><BR> 39321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_rawequal">lua_rawequal</A><BR> 39421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_rawget">lua_rawget</A><BR> 39521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_rawgeti">lua_rawgeti</A><BR> 39621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_rawset">lua_rawset</A><BR> 39721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_rawseti">lua_rawseti</A><BR> 39821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_register">lua_register</A><BR> 39921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_remove">lua_remove</A><BR> 40021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_replace">lua_replace</A><BR> 40121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_resume">lua_resume</A><BR> 40221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setallocf">lua_setallocf</A><BR> 40321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setfenv">lua_setfenv</A><BR> 40421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setfield">lua_setfield</A><BR> 40521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setglobal">lua_setglobal</A><BR> 40621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_sethook">lua_sethook</A><BR> 40721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setlocal">lua_setlocal</A><BR> 40821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setmetatable">lua_setmetatable</A><BR> 40921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_settable">lua_settable</A><BR> 41021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_settop">lua_settop</A><BR> 41121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_setupvalue">lua_setupvalue</A><BR> 41221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_status">lua_status</A><BR> 41321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_toboolean">lua_toboolean</A><BR> 41421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tocfunction">lua_tocfunction</A><BR> 41521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tointeger">lua_tointeger</A><BR> 41621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tolstring">lua_tolstring</A><BR> 41721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tonumber">lua_tonumber</A><BR> 41821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_topointer">lua_topointer</A><BR> 41921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tostring">lua_tostring</A><BR> 42021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_tothread">lua_tothread</A><BR> 42121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_touserdata">lua_touserdata</A><BR> 42221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_type">lua_type</A><BR> 42321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_typename">lua_typename</A><BR> 42421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_upvalueindex">lua_upvalueindex</A><BR> 42521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_xmove">lua_xmove</A><BR> 42621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#lua_yield">lua_yield</A><BR> 42721d3294cSantirez 42821d3294cSantirez</TD> 42921d3294cSantirez<TD> 43021d3294cSantirez<H3>auxiliary library</H3> 43121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_Buffer">luaL_Buffer</A><BR> 43221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_Reg">luaL_Reg</A><BR> 43321d3294cSantirez<P> 43421d3294cSantirez 43521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_addchar">luaL_addchar</A><BR> 43621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_addlstring">luaL_addlstring</A><BR> 43721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_addsize">luaL_addsize</A><BR> 43821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_addstring">luaL_addstring</A><BR> 43921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_addvalue">luaL_addvalue</A><BR> 44021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_argcheck">luaL_argcheck</A><BR> 44121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_argerror">luaL_argerror</A><BR> 44221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_buffinit">luaL_buffinit</A><BR> 44321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_callmeta">luaL_callmeta</A><BR> 44421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkany">luaL_checkany</A><BR> 44521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkint">luaL_checkint</A><BR> 44621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkinteger">luaL_checkinteger</A><BR> 44721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checklong">luaL_checklong</A><BR> 44821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checklstring">luaL_checklstring</A><BR> 44921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checknumber">luaL_checknumber</A><BR> 45021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkoption">luaL_checkoption</A><BR> 45121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkstack">luaL_checkstack</A><BR> 45221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkstring">luaL_checkstring</A><BR> 45321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checktype">luaL_checktype</A><BR> 45421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_checkudata">luaL_checkudata</A><BR> 45521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_dofile">luaL_dofile</A><BR> 45621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_dostring">luaL_dostring</A><BR> 45721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_error">luaL_error</A><BR> 45821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_getmetafield">luaL_getmetafield</A><BR> 45921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_getmetatable">luaL_getmetatable</A><BR> 46021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_gsub">luaL_gsub</A><BR> 46121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_loadbuffer">luaL_loadbuffer</A><BR> 46221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_loadfile">luaL_loadfile</A><BR> 46321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_loadstring">luaL_loadstring</A><BR> 46421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_newmetatable">luaL_newmetatable</A><BR> 46521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_newstate">luaL_newstate</A><BR> 46621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_openlibs">luaL_openlibs</A><BR> 46721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optint">luaL_optint</A><BR> 46821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optinteger">luaL_optinteger</A><BR> 46921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optlong">luaL_optlong</A><BR> 47021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optlstring">luaL_optlstring</A><BR> 47121d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optnumber">luaL_optnumber</A><BR> 47221d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_optstring">luaL_optstring</A><BR> 47321d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_prepbuffer">luaL_prepbuffer</A><BR> 47421d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_pushresult">luaL_pushresult</A><BR> 47521d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_ref">luaL_ref</A><BR> 47621d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_register">luaL_register</A><BR> 47721d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_typename">luaL_typename</A><BR> 47821d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_typerror">luaL_typerror</A><BR> 47921d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_unref">luaL_unref</A><BR> 48021d3294cSantirez<A HREF="manual.html#luaL_where">luaL_where</A><BR> 48121d3294cSantirez 48221d3294cSantirez</TD> 48321d3294cSantirez</TR> 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