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--- lua:scripting [2022/11/12 15:07] – [Lua] utedass
+++ lua:scripting [2022/11/12 22:12] (current) – [Examples] utedass
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 ====== 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 =====
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 <code lua>
-for var = start, end, increment do
+repeat
     -- code
-end
+until(condition)
 </code>
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 </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>