pcall (f [, arg1, ···]) Calls function f with the given arguments in protected mode. This means that any error inside f is not propagated; instead

print (···)stdouttostringprint

tonumber (e [, base]) When called with no base, tonumber tries to convert its argument to a number. If the argument is already a number or a string convertible

dofile ([filename])dofilestdindofiledofile

_VERSION A global variable (not a function) that holds a string containing the running Lua version. The current value of this variable is "Lua 5.3".

next (table [, index]) Allows a program to traverse all fields of a table. Its first argument is a table and its second argument is an index in this table. next returns

rawget (table, index)table[index]__indextableindex

getmetatable (object) If object does not have a metatable, returns nil. Otherwise, if the object's metatable has a __metatable field, returns

rawlen (v)v__len

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