Re: lua interpreter

["intern_number_1 <heavens7s@...>" <heavens7s@...>]

Burt,
  Thanks for the reply.  I hadn't heard of that book before.  It 
would be great if you could email that to me.  My address is 
JoieyS@pinnacor.com

Thanks,
    Joe

--- In lua-l@yahoogroups.com, Burt Jurgens <jurgens@a...> wrote:
> As for docs on the interpreter, I don't know about detailed docs 
but I 
> learned this from Roberto Ierusaslimschy's book "Programming in 
Lua" 
> (available in PDF). It was a fantastic intro to Lua for me. I 
probably 
> would have dropped it without this book but I know I will be using 
a lot 
> now that I have read this book.
> 
> If you don't have it, I would be glad to e-mail it to you.
> 
> Burt
> 
> 
> 
> intern_number_1 wrote:
> 
> >When using the lua interactive interpreter I have a problem where 
I 
> >can not do anything that needs to span multiple lines.
> >
> >E.g. the following would not work
> >
> >if X > Y then
> >   print("X is greater than Y")
> >end
> >
> >Is this possible to do with the interactive interpreter?  If so 
what 
> >do I need to do different than usual?  Also if there was somewhere 
I 
> >could find some general documentation or a help file on the 
> >interactive interpreter that would be great too.  I looked on the 
lua 
> >homepage, but couldn't find it; maybe I'm just missing it though.
> >
> >
> >  
> >