Question:
Inside Lua how to load lua script?
All interpreted languages allow me load a script from the shell or from inside the session.
In Lua how to load lua script from inside Lua?
I use the dofile() function.
Screendump demo:
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $ cat hello.lua
-- hello.lua
print('hello')
-- Auto conversion:
print(1)
print(1.2)
print(1/1.2)
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $ lua
Lua 5.3.0 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
>
> dofile('hello.lua')
hello
1
1.2
0.83333333333333
>
> os.exit()
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $
dan@hp ~/ks/b/lua $