Re: breaking out of a while loop

[Duke Normandin <dukeofpurl@...>]

On Sat, 28 May 2022 00:21:27 +0100
Marcus Mason <m4gicks@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Semantics of Lua `not'?

[snip]
 
> Some examples of how `not` works:
>        not 1 -- this is false

I got the not' conditional from
Lua Performance Tips by Roberto Ierusalimschy

[quote]
A “smart” alternative would be this loop:
while true do
local k = next(t)
if not k then break end
t[k] = nil
end
[/quote]

I tried in that "99 bottles" script, but I keep getting a run-away.
-- 
Duke
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