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<H1>
Teliva Reference Manual
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This reference manual for Teliva is based on the official definition of the
Lua language.
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<B>Lua 5.1 Reference Manual</B>
<BR>by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes
<BR>Lua.org, August 2006
<BR>ISBN 85-903798-3-3
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<H2><A NAME="contents">Contents</A></H2>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html">1 – Introduction</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2">2 – The Language</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.1">2.1 – Lexical Conventions</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.2">2.2 – Values and Types</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 – Coercion</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.3">2.3 – Variables</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4">2.4 – Statements</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.1">2.4.1 – Chunks</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.2">2.4.2 – Blocks</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.3">2.4.3 – Assignment</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.4">2.4.4 – Control Structures</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.5">2.4.5 – For Statement</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.6">2.4.6 – Function Calls as Statements</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.4.7">2.4.7 – Local Declarations</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5">2.5 – Expressions</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.1">2.5.1 – Arithmetic Operators</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.2">2.5.2 – Relational Operators</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.3">2.5.3 – Logical Operators</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.4">2.5.4 – Concatenation</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.5">2.5.5 – The Length Operator</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.6">2.5.6 – Precedence</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.7">2.5.7 – Table Constructors</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.8">2.5.8 – Function Calls</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.5.9">2.5.9 – Function Definitions</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.6">2.6 – Visibility Rules</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.7">2.7 – Error Handling</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.8">2.8 – Metatables</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.9">2.9 – Environments</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10">2.10 – Garbage Collection</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10.1">2.10.1 – Garbage-Collection Metamethods</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.10.2">2.10.2 – Weak Tables</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#2.11">2.11 – Coroutines</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5">5 – Standard Libraries</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.1">5.1 – Basic Functions</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.2">5.2 – Coroutine Manipulation</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.3">5.3 – Modules</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.4">5.4 – String Manipulation</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.4.1">5.4.1 – Patterns</A>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.5">5.5 – Table Manipulation</A>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.6">5.6 – Mathematical Functions</A>
<LI><span class='teliva'><A HREF="manual.html#5.7">5.7 – File Input and Output Facilities</A></span>
<LI><A HREF="manual.html#5.8">5.8 – Operating System Facilities</A>
<LI><span class='teliva'><A HREF="manual.html#5.10">5.10 – Curses Window Facilities</A></span>
<LI><span class='teliva'><A HREF="manual.html#5.11">5.11 – Networking Facilities</A></span>
<LI><span class='teliva'><A HREF="manual.html#5.12">5.12 – JSON Facilities</A></span>
<LI><span class='teliva'><A HREF="manual.html#5.13">5.13 – Tasks and Channels</A></span>
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<LI><A HREF="manual.html#8">8 – The Complete Syntax of Lua</A>
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<H2><A NAME="index">Index</A></H2>
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<H3><A NAME="functions">Lua functions</A></H3>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-_G">_G</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-_VERSION">_VERSION</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-assert">assert</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-collectgarbage">collectgarbage</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-error">error</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-getfenv">getfenv</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-getmetatable">getmetatable</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-ipairs">ipairs</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-next">next</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-pairs">pairs</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-print">print</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawequal">rawequal</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawget">rawget</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-rawset">rawset</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-select">select</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-setfenv">setfenv</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-setmetatable">setmetatable</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-tonumber">tonumber</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-tostring">tostring</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-type">type</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-unpack">unpack</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.create">coroutine.create</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.resume">coroutine.resume</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.running">coroutine.running</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.status">coroutine.status</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.wrap">coroutine.wrap</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-coroutine.yield">coroutine.yield</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.debug">debug.debug</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getfenv">debug.getfenv</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.gethook">debug.gethook</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getinfo">debug.getinfo</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getlocal">debug.getlocal</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getmetatable">debug.getmetatable</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getregistry">debug.getregistry</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.getupvalue">debug.getupvalue</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.setfenv">debug.setfenv</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.sethook">debug.sethook</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.setlocal">debug.setlocal</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.setmetatable">debug.setmetatable</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.setupvalue">debug.setupvalue</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-debug.traceback">debug.traceback</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:close">file:close</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:flush">file:flush</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:lines">file:lines</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:read">file:read</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:seek">file:seek</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:setvbuf">file:setvbuf</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-file:write">file:write</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-io.close">io.close</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-io.open">io.open</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-io.tmpfile">io.tmpfile</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-io.type">io.type</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.abs">math.abs</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.acos">math.acos</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.asin">math.asin</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.atan">math.atan</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.atan2">math.atan2</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.ceil">math.ceil</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.cos">math.cos</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.cosh">math.cosh</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.deg">math.deg</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.exp">math.exp</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.floor">math.floor</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.fmod">math.fmod</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.frexp">math.frexp</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.huge">math.huge</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.ldexp">math.ldexp</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.log">math.log</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.max">math.max</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.min">math.min</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.modf">math.modf</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.pi">math.pi</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.pow">math.pow</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.rad">math.rad</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.random">math.random</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.randomseed">math.randomseed</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.sqrt">math.sqrt</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-math.tan">math.tan</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.remove">os.remove</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-os.rename">os.rename</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.byte">string.byte</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.char">string.char</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.dump">string.dump</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.find">string.find</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.format">string.format</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.gmatch">string.gmatch</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.gsub">string.gsub</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.len">string.len</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.lower">string.lower</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.match">string.match</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.rep">string.rep</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.reverse">string.reverse</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.sub">string.sub</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-string.upper">string.upper</A><BR>
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<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.concat">table.concat</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.insert">table.insert</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.maxn">table.maxn</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.remove">table.remove</A><BR>
<A HREF="manual.html#pdf-table.sort">table.sort</A><BR>
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