Lua Programming

  1. Metatables and Metamethods
    1. Metatable Concepts
      1. Purpose and Functionality
        1. Setting and Getting Metatables
          1. Metatable Inheritance
          2. Arithmetic Metamethods
            1. Addition Metamethod
              1. Subtraction Metamethod
                1. Multiplication Metamethod
                  1. Division Metamethod
                    1. Modulus Metamethod
                      1. Exponentiation Metamethod
                        1. Unary Minus Metamethod
                        2. Relational Metamethods
                          1. Equality Metamethod
                            1. Less Than Metamethod
                              1. Less Than or Equal Metamethod
                              2. Table Access Metamethods
                                1. Index Metamethod
                                  1. Handling Missing Keys
                                    1. Inheritance Implementation
                                    2. Newindex Metamethod
                                      1. Controlling Assignment
                                        1. Read-Only Tables
                                      2. Other Metamethods
                                        1. Tostring Metamethod
                                          1. Call Metamethod
                                            1. Length Metamethod
                                              1. Garbage Collection Metamethod
                                              2. Raw Access Functions
                                                1. Rawget Function
                                                  1. Rawset Function
                                                    1. Rawequal Function
                                                      1. Rawlen Function

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