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--- lua:scripting [2022/11/12 14:37] – utedass
+++ lua:scripting [2022/11/12 22:12] (current) – [Examples] utedass
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 ====== Lua ======
+  * [[https://www.wowhead.com/guide/comprehensive-beginners-guide-for-wow-addon-coding-in-lua-5338| WoW Lua guide]]
+  * [[https://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo|Online Lua demo]]
+  * [[https://lua.org/pil/contents.html|Lua documentation]]
+  * [[https://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/WoW_AddOn|Wow addons]]
+  * [[https://wowprogramming.com/|Wow programming]]
+  * [[https://wow.gamepedia.com/World_of_Warcraft_API|Wow API guide]]
+  * [[https://authors.curseforge.com/forums|Wow plugin]]
+====== Lua in WoW ======
+  * ''/reload'' -- Reload plugin directories
+  * ''/console scriptErrors 1'' -- Enable lua errors
+  * ''/console scriptErrors 0'' -- Disable lua errors
+  * ''/etrace'' -- Open event trace
+  * ''/fstack'' -- Toggle Frame Stack debugging
+  * [[https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Events_A-Z_(full_list)|WoW events]]
+  * [[https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/TOC_format|.toc format]]
+  * [[https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Frame_Strata|Frame Strata]]
+  * [[https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/AddOn_loading_process|AddOn loading process]]
 ====== Cheat sheet ======
+===== Conditions =====
+  * < (less than)
+  * <= (less than or equals)
+  * > (greater than)
+  * >= (greater than or equals)
+  * == (equals)
+  * ~= (not equals)
+  * and
+  * or
+  * not
+===== Variables =====
+Type depending on assignment. String, number and boolean.
+<code lua>
+local a = "Yo man's dude" -- locally scoped
+b = 432.12 -- global
+</code>
+===== Tables =====
+<code lua>
+greetings = {}
+greetings["Orcish"] = "Throm-Ka"
+greetings["Draenei"] = "Chronakai Kristor!"
+greetings.Thalassian = "Bal'a dash, malanore" -- Another method to fill the table
+</code>
+<code lua>
+greetings = {
+    ["Orcish"] = "Throm-Ka",
+    ["Draenei"] = "Chronokai Kristor!",
+    ["Thalassian"] = "Bal'a dash, malanore"
+}
+for key, value in pairs(greetings) do
+    print("Language: " .. key .. ", greeting: " .. value)
+end
+</code>
+<code lua>
+number = 1
+potencies = {}
+while(number < 4096) do
+    number = number * 2
+    table.insert(potencies, number)
+end
+print("Our table has " .. #potencies .. " entries.")
+print("The tenth potency of 2 is " .. potencies[10] .. ".")
+print("The first " .. #potencies .. " potencies of 2:")
+for i = 1, #potencies, 1 do
+    print(potencies[i])
+end
+</code>
+===== Loops =====
 <code lua>
--- Loops
 i = 1
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     i = i + 1
 end
+</code>
+<code lua>
 for i = 1, 10, 1 do
     print(i)
 end
+</code>
+<code lua>
 for var = start, end, increment do
     -- code
 end
+</code>
+<code lua>
+repeat
+    -- code
+until(condition)
 </code>
+===== Functions =====
+<code lua>
 function dummy()
     return "Hey", 54.54
 end
+</code>
 <code lua>
 </code>
+===== Examples =====
 <code lua>
+-- Create a frame and register this frame to run code on an event.
+local function PrintStuff()
+	print("Now this code is executed!")
+end
+local EventFrame = CreateFrame("frame", "EventFrame")
+EventFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
+EventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, ...)
+	if(event == "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD") then
+		C_Timer.After(1, PrintStuff)
+	end
+end)
 </code>