A Lua quiz

Do you Program in Lua?

• Yes

• No

• No, but im learning

• Yes, but im still learning

How do you print to the TERMINAL in Lua?

(a)  

Answer explanation

you print to TEXT to the screen using either 'print(' ')'

or 'print(" ")

How do you join two strings together, when you don't want a tab?

(a)  

Answer explanation

to join together parts of a print use '..' instead of ',' unless you want a tab

What do floating variables almost always contain?

(a)  

Answer explanation

floating variables contain decimals

What is the only thing integer variables can contain?

(a)  

Answer explanation

integer variables contain numbers

What can string variables contain?

• Functions

• Text

• Variables

• Tables

Answer explanation

strings can contain text

What does the command 'string.lower' do?

• turns text tiny

• convert text to lowercase

• stretches text

• gives text an animation

Answer explanation

'string.lower' will convert any string to lowercase

what does this statement do? 'math.min(val, val, val)'

(a)  

Answer explanation

finds the minimum value between a set of values

write code to find a random number between two values in Lua

(replace the numbers with 'val')

(a)  

Write a script to get PI in lua

(a)