Lua Programmer's Reference

1. Chapter One: Introduction

2. Chapter Two: Variables, Types, and Values

3. Chapter Three: Expressions and Operators

4. Chapter Four: Statements

5. Chapter Five: Functions

6. Chapter Six: Tables

7. Chapter Seven: Metatables and Metamethods

8. Chapter Eight: Object-Oriented Programming

9. Chapter Nine: Environments

10. Chapter Ten: Modules

11. Chapter Eleven: Errors and Error Handling

12. Chapter Twelve: Running Dynamic Code

13. Chapter Thirteen: Numeric Operations

14. Chapter Fourteen: String Operations

15. Chapter Fifteen: Input and Output

16. Chapter Sixteen: Threads

17. Chapter Seventeen: System Utilities

18. Chapter Eighteen: Debugging Tools

19. Chapter Nineteen: Garbage Collection

20. Chapter Twenty: C API Introduction

21. Chapter Twenty-One: Lua States

22. Chapter Twenty-Two: The C Stack

23. Chapter Twenty-Three: Values on the C Stack

24. Chapter Twenty-Four: Tables in C

25. Chapter Twenty-Five: C Functions

26. Chapter Twenty-Six: Modules in C

27. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Error Handling in C

28. Chapter Twenty-Eight:Stack Operations

29. Chapter Twenty-Nine:Loading Code in C

30. Chapter Thirty: Threading in C

31. Chapter Thirty-One: Debugging Tools in C

32. Chapter Thirty-Two: Garbage Collection in C

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