$ cat sqr.lua
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print("Script for computing square roots")
for i=2,200,3 do
print ("Number is ", i)
print(math.sqrt(i))
end
This is a simple for() loop in lua.
And you can see how easily we can do math and looping in lua.
The syntax of for() loop is,
for var=start,end,step do
(body)
done
So we can write,
for var=2,20 do
print(var)
end
in which case the step is 1.
You can also write
for b=20,1,-1 do
print(b)
end
and so on
Print by default prints a newline.
If you do not want it I guess you need io.write().
-Girish
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Gayatri Hitech
http://gayatri-hitech.com
