Functions and Tables, Beginner projects to understand components
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- Subject: Functions and Tables, Beginner projects to understand components
- From: Bill Kelsoe <wildbillkelsoe@...>
- Date: 2018年8月15日 19:44:16 +0300
Hello
My basic understanding of functions is that they do something with values stored in container variables. I want a full list of these functions to read up what are they and what they do.
For example I guess print is a function. io.read waits user input until Enter is hit on keyboard. Like this. function math does arithmetic using operators like +, -,*,/ and I guess others which I dont know about too. io.write takes the value stored in a variable where io runs it or evaluates it using a function and shoots it on screen post processing.
where can I read these functions in entirety and examples of their use? Same thing for tables. I know to start a table I use {} but what are its uses in the context of practicality in a program except data entry.
Also the arbitrary so called type userdata which briefly I skimmed I dont know what is it used for or examples of its use.
Is there a source for all chapters in PIL where the mentioned definitions (array,value,function,metatable,etc..) are merged to form chunks explained head to toe? To the novice people like me? Beginners?
Many thanks
Adel