Return value#

Type Meaning
function, table, nil Types describe the declared interface, not proof of a successful game effect.

Types and methods

Parameters#

Name Type
values table

? marks an optional argument; ... means a variable number of arguments. Invalid input can raise a Lua error rather than return nil.

Example and context#

LUA
for key, value in pairs({name = "Ship"}) do
  local text = key .. ": " .. tostring(value)
end

What happens: The only pair has key = "name" and value = "Ship"; text = "name: Ship".

This fragment does not print or write a log message. The values shown are the expected results of the example.

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