Lua Basics

Store a local value and print it.

Lua

local name = "Ada"
print("Hello, " .. name)

Output

Hello, Ada

Explanation

local limits the variable to its scope. The .. operator concatenates strings before print writes the result.

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Guided walkthroughReady

1local name = "Ada"

2print("Hello, " .. name)

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Prepared trace of the published program. Some rows group repeated iterations.
Step / line	What happens	State after step	Output so far
	Create a local variable.	`name = "Ada"`	—
	Concatenate the two strings and print.	`name = "Ada"`	Hello, Ada