- Corona SDK Mobile Game Development:Beginner's Guide
- Michelle M. Fernandez
- 537字
- 2021-08-06 19:59:46
Time for action – printing values using blocks
Let's give it a shot and see how powerful a language Lua is. We're starting to get an idea of how variables work and what happens when you assign a value to it. What if you have a variable that has multiple values attached to it? How does Lua differentiate them? We'll be using the Corona
Terminal
so we can see the values outputted in the terminal box. Along the way, you'll pick up other programming techniques as you progress through this section. We will also be referring to chunks in this exercise. The unit of execution of Lua is called a chunk. A chunk is a sequence of statements, which are executed sequentially.
If you remember from the previous chapter, we learned how to create our own project folder and main.lua
file for the Hello World application.
- Create a new project folder on your desktop and name it
Variables
. - Open up your preferred text editor and save it as
main.lua
in yourVariables
project folder. - Create the following variables:
local x = 10 –- Local to the chunk local i = 1 -- Local to the chunk
- In the
while
loop, add the following code:while i<=x do local x = i -- Local to the "do" body print(x) -- Will print out numbers 1 through 10 i = i + 1 end
- Create an
if
statement that will represent another local body:if i < 20 then local x -- Local to the "then" body x = 20 print(x + 5) -- 25 else print(x) -- This line will never execute since the above "then" body is already true end print(x) -- 10
- Save your script.
- Launch the
Corona Terminal
. Make sure you see the CoronaSDK screen and a terminal window pop up. - Navigate to your
Variables
project folder and open yourmain.lua
file in the simulator. You will notice that the device in the simulator is blank, but if you look at your terminal window, there are some results from the code printed out as follows:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 25 10
What just happened?
The first two variables that were created are local outside of each block of code. Notice in the beginning of the while
loop, i <= x
refers to the variables in lines 1 and 2. The statement local x = i
inside the while
loop is only local to the do
body and is not the same as local x = 10
. The while
loop runs ten times and prints out a value that is incremented by 1 each time.
The if
statement compares i < 20
, where i
equals 1 and uses another local x
that is local to the then
body. Since the statement is true, x
equals 20 and prints out the value of x + 5
which is 25.
The very last line, print(x)
is not attached to any of the blocks of code in the while
loop or the if
statement. Therefore, it refers to local x = 10
and prints out the value of 10
in the terminal window. This may seem confusing, but it's important to understand how local and global variables work in Lua.
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