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Runs a Lua statement in a Lua runtime.

lua run 'print("fred")'

Arguments

• script - the verbatim text of the Lua statement or statements to be run

Associations

• Is by default placed in the 'lua' context.

Details

Runs the first argument as a single Lua code block in a Lua runtime.

Examples

Default values

lua run "print(1 + 2)"

Prints '3'.

context lua
run "print(1 + 3)"
run "print(1 + 4)"
exit

Prints '4' and '5'.

lua run `
   print(1 + 5)
   print(1 + 6)
`
exit

Prints '6' and '7'.

context lua
run `
   bob = 1 + 7
   if bob > 4 then
      bob = "james"
   end
`
return bob   -- uses the 'lua' context 'lua_edit' default command, which can print return values 
exit

Prints 'james'.