Re: Simple questions

[Luis Carvalho <carvalho@...>]

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On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:39:10PM -0700, Nick Trout wrote:
> Read as:
> 
> 	_,x = _,(nil or f())
> 
> "nil or 1" gives 1.

Thanks Nick, nice way to see it. I continue using my workaround:

local _,y = f()
x = nil or y	-- and now x = 99

Is there a way to assign x in one line? Just for elegance sake? :)

> http://lua-users.org/wiki/AssignmentTutorial
> 
> from
> 
> http://lua-users.org/wiki/TutorialDirectory

Thanks for the reference. But it was not in much particular help in
my case, I'd like to add. :) Thanks for the help.

> > Why the caret is being taken *literally*? Shouldn't it be a special
> char
> > indicating a regex start anchor?
> 
> I believe there is a bug here which has been pointed out before.

Ah, ok. Thanks once more.

Regards,
Luis.

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