Lua 5.1 Reference Manual

This is a short succinct reference manual written in a clear and concise manner. It tells you everything you really need to know and not much more. There are short examples of syntax to help explain the concepts. If you need to simply write programs in LUA, then this is your choice. If you need to go deeper (e.g. embed LUA in your own application) then I recommend you get "Programming in LUA".

this Manual Is The Official Definition Of Lua 5.1. It Covers Lua's Syntax And Semantics, The Full Api With C, And The Standard Libraries.

lua Is An Extension Programming Language Designed To Support General Procedural Programming With Data Description Facilities. It Also Offers Good Support For Object-oriented Programming, Functional Programming, And Data-driven Programming. Lua Is Intended To Be Used As A Powerful, Light-weight Scripting Language For Any Program That Needs One. Lua Is Implemented As A Library, And Is Highly Portable, Being Written In Clean C (that Is, In The Common Subset Of Ansi C And C++).

this Printed Version Contains The Full Text Of The Eletronic Version, Available At Http://www.lua.org/manual/.

This manual is the official definition of Lua 5.1. It covers Lua's syntax and semantics, the full API with C, and the standard libraries. Lua is an extension programming language designed to support general procedural programming with data description facilities. It also offers good support for object-oriented programming, functional programming, and data-driven programming. Lua is intended to be used as a powerful, light-weight scripting language for any program that needs one. Lua is implemented as a library, and is highly portable, being written in clean C (that is, in the common subset of ANSI C and C++).