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This page is a top level directory of all Lua content at this wiki, grouped by topic.

Introduction to Lua
- LearningLua – introduction to Lua (a guided directory)
- LuaTutorial – an informative tutorial written and reviewed by Lua users
- SampleCode – snippets of useful Lua code
- LuaComparison – how Lua compares with other languages.
- LuaFaq – unofficial, community-maintained frequently asked questions
- LuaLinks – a hand-edited list of useful Lua links
- LuaBooks – list of books on the subject of Lua
Language Definition and Features
- LuaShortReference – concise summary of the Lua 5.1 syntax and core libraries
- LuaReferenceManualComments – user comments and annotations on the Lua Reference Manual.
- LuaSymbols? – the purpose of symbol characters within Lua code
- LuaVirtualization – which operations can/cannot be hooked
- Lua changes – LuaFiveTwo (upcoming 5.2), MigratingToFiveOne (5.1), LuaFiveFeatures (5.0), LuaVersionCompatibility (portability across versions)
- HiddenFeatures – describes unsupported and undocumented features of the standard Lua distribution
- LuaScoping – on variable scope and upvalues
- LuaTrivia – test your Lua knowledge
- ZenOfLua – grok it
- GarbageCollection – info on Lua's garbage collection
- FloatingPoint – explains why double floating point is perfectly fine for most integer applications
- LightUserData – explains the purpose and use of lightuserdata
- SimpleCommandLineScriptExecution – execute a script
- StringIndexing – supporting index and slice operators on strings
- MechanismNotPolicy – comments on Lua's "mechanism not policy" design principle
Code Structure / Programming Paradigms
- LocalsVsGlobals – Comparison between local and global variables
- Control structures / structured programming
  - SwitchStatement – emulating a C-style switch statement in Lua (design pattern)
  - GotoStatement – goto statement
  - WithStatement – implementing a "with" structure (like in JavaScript? etc.)
  - ContinueProposal – continue statement
  - TernaryOperator – conditional expression
- Module Programming
  - ModuleDefinition – approaches to define modules
  - See also "Modules/Libraries" below
- ObjectOrientedProgramming – object oriented programming techniques in Lua
  - CustomOperators – approaches to using custom operators
  - PointAndComplex – comments on operator overloading in Lua
- AspectOrientedProgramming – coding with pointcuts [1] and advices [2] in Lua
- Declarative and Functional Programming
  - NamedParameters – implementing named parameters in Lua
  - FiltersSourcesAndSinks – discusses chaining of filters, which are functions that accept successive chunks of input, and produce successive chunks of output
  - FiltersAndPipesReloaded – presents a coroutines based framework for working with filters and pipes
  - CurriedLua – currying functions in Lua
  - GenericInputAlgorithms – functional, AWK-style text processing in Lua
  - FunctionalLibrary – porting several convenient functional utilities form Haskell, Python, etc.
  - ShortAnonymousFunctions – expressing anonymous functions more tersely than function() return ... end
  - FunctionalTuples – implementing tuples in terms functions (design pattern and tutorial)
  - MutableFunctions – using functions to simulate the semantics of tables (design pattern)
  - RecursiveDataTypes – handling recursive data types (design pattern and tutorial)
  - ListComprehensions – list comprehension implementations
  - RandomSample – lazy tables, a simple illustration of lazy evaluation (design pattern)
  - FuncTables – memoization of functions using callable tables (design pattern, code, and tutorial)
  - HammingNumbersVariant – enumerate hamming numbers, with lazy list (function)
  - ImmutableObjects – topics of immutability/const-ness in Lua
  - StructuralPatternMatching – pattern matching, ML style.
- Concurrent and Event-driven Programming
  - MultiTasking – multitasking/multithreading approaches in Lua
  - FiniteStateMachine – finite state machine (FSMs) (design pattern)
  - Coroutines
    - CopasExample – TCP socket server utilizing Copas library (examples)
    - CoroutinesAsConnectionHandlers – scaffolding for handling multiple sockets using coroutines (design pattern)
    - CoroutinesAsEventHandlers – scaffolding for handling event responders (design pattern)
    - FunWithCoroutines – tricks using coroutines: reverse string and control inversion (design patterns)
    - PcallAndCoroutines – issues with pcall and coroutines
- Source Processing / Metaprogramming
  - MetaProgramming – macros, token filters, facilities for syntax extensions, and source processors
  - LuaGrammar – Lua grammar, lexers, and parsers
  - SourcePreprocessing – tricks to preprocess source code.
  - LuaTokenParsing – altering Lua by fiddling with the token stream
  - MetaLua – alternative Lua compiler with compile-time metaprogramming and syntax extensions
  - MetaLuaAbstractSyntaxTree – The syntax tree produced by Metalua and consumed by various utilities
- ErrorHandling – topics on error and exception handling
  - ResourceAcquisitionIsInitialization – automatically releasing acquired resources on scope exit, RAII
- BitwiseOperators – bitwise operations
- StructurePacking – pack/unpack C structure data
- FileSystemOperations – file system operations
- DatabaseAccess – database programming
- DateAndTime – date and time handling
- StringInterpolation – approaches to interpolating variables in strings
- CommandLineParsing – command-line parsing
- TypeIntrospection – determining types of objects at runtime
- UniversallyUniqueIdentifiers – various ways to created universally unique identifiers (UUID's) in Lua
- PlatformDetection – detect OS platform type from Lua
- ArtificialIntelligence – AI in Lua
- LuaDataFormats – using Lua as a data representation language
- LuaDesignPatterns – additional design patterns in Lua
- LuaHacks – unconventional approaches to problems in Lua
Data Structures/Types – see DataStructures
Algorithms / Data Manipulation
- CopyTable – return deep copy of table
- Ordering Iterators
  - OrderedTable – iterate over tables in the order of key insertion (function and design pattern)
  - OrderedTableSimple – iterate over tables in the order of key insertion (function and design pattern)
  - OrderedAssociativeTable – iterate over a table using a sorted index (function and design pattern)
  - RangeIterator – a 'range' iterator function that acts like basic for loops (function)
  - SortedIteration – iterating a table in order by keys (function)
  - SortedIterationSimple – iterating a table in order by keys (function)
  - GeneralizedPairsAndIpairs – next, pairs, and ipairs reimplemented to call metamethods (design pattern and functions)
  - NextMetamethodForIndexTable – next()-like function for iterating table against table __index (function and design pattern)
- Indexing
  - MultipleKeyIndexing – indexing with multiple keys
- Sorting
  - LazySort – sort only as much of a table as is necessary (function and tutorial)
  - LuaSorting – a sample shellsort implementation in pure Lua (function)
- Search in sorted arrays
  - BinarySearch – searches for a value in a sorted array via a binary search algorithm (function)
  - BinaryInsert – inserts a value into a sorted array via a binary search algorithm (function)
  - InterpolatingSearch – searches for a value in a sorted array via an interpolating search algorithm (function)
- StringRecipes – solutions to various common string manipulation needs
- RandomStrings – generate random strings from defined char sets (function)
- To-string conversion and output
  - StringInterpolation – interpolating variables into strings in Lua (functions and design patterns)
  - TableSerialization – converting tables to strings and vice versa
  - LuaPrintf – emulation of printf string formatting (function)
  - FormattingNumbers – format numbers in monetary format (function)
  - HexDump – dump a string in typical 'hex dump' format
- Numerical: HammingNumbers | HammingWeight
Building, Binding, and Packaging
- BuildingLua – notes on compiling Lua and some build packages
- Special linking:
  - BinToCee – generate a C file to load and run a Lua program
  - LuaProxyDll – create a proxy DLL for statically linked Lua
  - LoadLibrary – discussion of issues with Win32 LoadLibrary module loading
  - ApplicationBinaryInterface – notes on binary interface (ABI) compatibility in Lua modules
  - EasyManualLibraryLoad – greatly simplifies manual loading of Lua 5.1 shared library
- BuildingModules – How to properly build C extension modules for Lua.
  - BindingCodeToLua – how to call or bind C or C++ code to Lua
  - LuaRocks – installs Lua modules as self-contained packages (with dependency info) called "rocks"
- LuaBuildSystems – Build systems implemented or expressed in Lua
- PlatformSpecific – Platform-specific breakdown of the Lua universe
- VeritasMachine – Objective-C bind of Lua on iOS, with most feature supported.
Extending and Using Lua
- LuaAddons – a directory of "things for Lua" that are outside this site
- Modules/Libraries
  - LuaForge – contains modules (and applications)
  - LibrariesAndBindings – list of libraries implemented in Lua or implemented in another language (e.g. C) but having a Lua interface
  - LuaRocks – installs Lua modules as self-contained packages (with dependency info) called "rocks"
  - LuaSearch – intends to become a centralized locater of Lua modules and documentation
  - SampleCode – modules and code snippets on this wiki
  - LuaProjects – wiki pages that mirror projects
- Modifying Lua and Enhancement Proposals
  - LuaPowerPatches – "mix and match"-friendly patches to the official Lua distribution
  - ModifyingLua – example of changing Lua itself
  - FeatureProposals – discussions about new features or feature changes.
Problem Domains (Application Domains)
- GUI and Graphics
  - GraphicalUserInterfaceToolkits, LibrariesAndBindings and LuaGraphics
- AnsiTerminalColors – console colors
- Text and XML Processing
  - LuaXml – methods of handling XML in Lua (Lua code and C-bindings to parsers)
  - GenericInputAlgorithms – functional, AWK-style text processing in Lua
  - FiltersSourcesAndSinks – discusses chaining of filters, which are functions that accept successive chunks of input, and produce successive chunks of output
  - SlightlyLessSimpleLuaPreprocessor – macro processor
  - TextTemplate – macro processor
  - Text Editing or Formatting Lua Code
    - LuaEditorSupport – syntax highlighting, auto-formatting, etc.
    - SciteScripts – Lua scripts for the SciTE text editor
    - SourceCodeFormatter – may be helpful to format your code for the wiki
    - VmMerge – merges Lua source code with VM disassembly
- Unicode/localization/charsets
  - LuaUnicode – how to use Unicode in Lua
  - LuaLocales – how to use locales in Lua
- Other
  - ModuleReview – modules by domain with an independent assessment of them
  - LibrariesAndBindings – Lua libraries and bindings to existing libraries and environments
Lua Implementation
- LuaSource – comments on the source code and implementation of Lua. (LuaSourceTable - some notes about Lua's table implementation)
- LuaPowerPatches – "mix and match"-friendly patches to the official Lua distribution
- ModifyingLua – example of changing Lua itself
- LuaImplementations – Reimplementations of Lua
Code Improvement
- Quality and Testing
  - ProgramAnalysis – static code analysis or dynamic program analysis) of Lua code
  - UnitTesting – how to write unit tests with Lua
  - DebuggingLuaCode – tools for Lua code debugging
  - DetectingUndefinedVariables – detecting undefined locals
  - LuaTypeChecking – approaches to type checking in Lua
  - LuaStyleGuide – recommended Lua coding practices
- Performance and Optimization
  - OptimisationTips – making Lua code more efficient, including profilers
  - ProfilingLuaCode – profilers for Lua code.
- Security: LuaSecurity – security aspects of Lua
Archive (pertains to old versions of Lua)
- LuaCheia – wish to make a full-featured language based on Lua that rivals other scripting languages
- PackageSystem – an embryonic package system for Lua 5
- LuaBinaryModules – allows pre-built libraries to be loaded at runtime, providing an alternative to the usual compile and link headaches
- VisualStudioSyntaxCheck – a tool for MS Visual Studio 6.0 to check the syntax of Lua files
- LuaInRealTimePrograms
Community
- LuaWorkShop – workshops gathering Lua users
- UserGroups – local and regional informal gatherings and groups
- LuaUses – examples of projects around the world that use Lua
- HelpWanted – listing of help wanted for community projects
- WishList – list of wished-for libraries and bindings and such
- IrcChannel – a chat room for discussing Lua
- [#LuaLang] – Twitter hashtag
- [lua-l] – Lua mailing list
- LuaDevelopmentModel – how Lua functions and evolves
- LuaStats – Lua (un)popularity statistics
- LuaNews – summary of the latest happenings in the Lua world
lua-users website
- WikiHelp – info about how to use this wiki
- CastOfCharacters – who's who on this site
- LuaUsersLottery – how we pay for lua-users.org costs
- GuestBook – feedback about this site

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