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Flow control

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Condition ​

lua
if expression then
    -- do something
elseif expression then
    -- do something
else
    -- do something
end

For loop ​

Numerical

lua
for value = 1, 10 do
    print(value) -- Print values from 1 to 10
end
for value = 10, 1, -1 do
    print(value) -- Print values from 10 to 1
end

Using iterators

lua
for index, value in pairs(mylist) do
    print(index, value) -- Print indexes and values of a list
end

While loop ​

lua
while expression do
    -- do something
end

Repeat until loop ​

lua
repeat
    -- do something
until expression