Lua Domains

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Data Description and Configuration

• LuaDataFormats - using Lua as a data representation language

String Manipulation and Text Processing

• General
  • FiltersSourcesAndSinks - discusses chaining of filters, which are functions that accept successive chunks of input, and produce successive chunks of output
  • GenericInputAlgorithms - functional, AWK-style text processing in Lua
  • StringRecipes - solutions to various common string manipulation needs (sample code)
  • SplitJoin - Perl-like string split/join (functions)
  • EnhancedFileLines - functions for portably handling '\r\n' chars (functions)
  • CommonFunctions - string and pattern utility functions (modules)
  • LuaRopes - implementing ropes in Lua (function)
• Unicode
  • LuaUnicode - how to use Unicode in Lua
  • ValidateUnicodeString - handle UTF-8 strings with new string.* methods (module)
• Pattern Matching
  • StringQuery - a string pattern matching and replacement library (module)
  • LuaPeg - a new pattern-matching library based on parsing expression grammars
    • LpegRecipes - examples of using LPeg for parsing (sample code)
• Macros and Templates / Parsing, Preprocessing, and Metaprogramming
  • VarExpand - bash-style inline variable and code expansion (function)
  • TextTemplate - macro processor (module)
  • LuaBalanced - match delimited snippets of Lua code in a string (module)
  • SourcePreprocessing - tricks to preprocess source code (sample code)
  • SimpleLuaPreprocessor - macro processor (function)
  • SlightlyLessSimpleLuaPreprocessor - macro processor (sample code)
  • LuaGrammar - Lua grammar, lexers, and parsers
  • LuaTokenParsing - altering Lua by fiddling with the token stream (lhf's tokenf patch)
    • LuaMacros - a macro facility for Lua using token filters (module, sample code)
  • RuntimeSyntax - the run-time simulation of what resembles syntax extensions (module)
  • MetaLua - alternative Lua compiler with compile-time metaprogramming and syntax extensions
    • MetaLuaRecipes - examples of syntax extensions implemented with Metalua (sample code)
  • LuaFish - parsing Lua sources, manipulating abstract syntax trees, and serializing ASTs back to Lua code
  • CppMetaprogramming - C++ metaprogramming using Lua (design pattern, module)
• XML
  • LuaXml - handling XML in Lua (functions, modules)
    • LazyKit - a set of tools for processing XML in Lua (documentation, sample code)
  • LuaProjectListToXml - read list of Lua projects from Lua website and output as XML (sample code)

HTML and Web

• OutputLuaTableToHtmlFile - converts a Lua table into an HTML file (function)
• LuaToHtml - convert (htmlize) Lua source to HTML (sample code)
• GettingTheTitleFromHtmlFiles - parse title tag from HTML files (sample code)
• DisplayCalendarInHtml - creates calendar in HTML (function)
• CgiUtils - ? (functions)

Encoding and Compression

• BaseSixtyFour - Base64 encode/decode (functions)
• ModuleCompressDeflateLua - implementation of DEFLATE (gzip/zlib), decompress only (module)

Graphics

• LuaGraphics - contains links to free graphical Lua software, notably 2D/3D engines
• GdThumbnail - thumbnailer using lua-gd, e.g. for web galleries or similar (sample code)
• PortableNetworkGraphicsParser - partial PNG graphics file parser (sample code)

Mathematics

• PointAndComplex - simple operations on points (2D vectors) and complex numbers (sample code)
• ComplexNumbers - handling complex numbers with pure Lua (module)
• LuaMatrix - handling matrices with pure Lua (module)
• HammingNumbers - enumerate hamming numbers (function)
• HammingNumbersVariant - enumerate hamming numbers, with lazy list (function)
• SimpleFit - curve fitting (module)
• SimpleStats - some simple statistics routes for tables (module)
• ListComprehensions - set-builder notation implementations

Device I/O

• SerialCommunication - RS-232 serial communication (modules, sample code)

See also

• ModuleReview - similar to this page but only listing modules and also provides an independent assessment of them
• LuaAddons - a directory of "things for Lua" that are outside this site
  • LibrariesAndBindings - Lua libraries and bindings to existing libraries and environments