Lua Online Quiz

Welcome to our Lua Online Quiz, designed to assess and sharpen your skills in Lua, a powerful, efficient, and lightweight scripting language. This quiz covers a wide range of topics from basic syntax and control structures to more complex topics such as tables, functions, and coroutine management. Whether you are a game developer, an embedded system programmer, or someone interested in learning a new scripting language, these questions will test your knowledge and help improve your understanding of Lua.

1. What is Lua primarily used for?

a) Database management
b) Embedded systems
c) Web development
d) Game development

2. How do you create a table in Lua?

local t = {}
a) local t = {}
b) local t = ()
c) local t = []
d) local t = <>

3. What does the following Lua code output?

local a = 10
local b = 20
print(a + b)
a) 30
b) 10
c) 20
d) Error

4. How do you define a function in Lua?

a) function myFunction() end
b) def myFunction() end
c) create myFunction() end
d) newFunction myFunction() end

5. What is the output of the following Lua code?

for i = 1, 5 do
print(i)
end
a) 1 2 3 4 5
b) 1 2 3 4
c) Error
d) 0 1 2 3 4

6. How do you access the length of an array in Lua?

a) #array
b) array.length
c) length(array)
d) array.len

7. What will the following Lua code output?

local x = true
local y = false
print(x and y)
a) true
b) false
c) nil
d) error

8. How do you concatenate strings in Lua?

a) +
b) ..
c) &
d) #

9. What does the pairs() function do in Lua?

local tbl = {name = "Lua", type = "scripting"}
for key, value in pairs(tbl) do
print(key, value)
end
a) Iterates over all elements in a table
b) Sums all elements in a table
c) Sorts all elements in a table
d) None of the above

10. How do you create a repeat loop that runs at least once in Lua?

a) repeat until
b) loop until
c) do while
d) while do

11. What is the primary mechanism for error handling in Lua?

a) try-catch
b) if-then
c) assert
d) pcall

12. What operator is used to perform exponentiation in Lua?

a) ^
b) **
c) %
d) @

13. How do you check for equality in Lua?

a) ==
b) ===
c) =
d) eq

14. How do you declare a local variable in Lua?

local x = 100
print(x)
a) var x = 100
b) int x = 100
c) local x = 100
d) x = 100

15. What is the output of the following Lua code?

local function add(a, b)
return a + b
end
print(add(5, 3))
a) 8
b) 5
c) 3
d) Error

16. What function is used to remove an item from a table in Lua?

a) table.remove()
b) remove()
c) delete()
d) pop()

17. How can you convert a number to a string in Lua?

a) tostring(number)
b) string(number)
c) str(number)
d) convert(number)

18. How do you define a multi-line comment in Lua?

--[[
This is a
multi-line comment
]]
print("Hello")
a) <!-- comment -->
b) /* comment */
c) --[[ comment ]]
d) # comment #

19. How do you perform integer division in Lua?

a) /
b) //
c) div
d) %

20. How do you stop a loop in Lua?

a) stop
b) exit
c) break
d) end

21. How is a 'nil' value in Lua interpreted when used in a boolean context?

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None of the above

22. What is the use of the # operator in Lua?

a) To get the length of a table or a string
b) To comment out lines of code
c) To perform modulo operations
d) To define macros

23. What does the following Lua code output?

local t = {10, 20, 30}
table.insert(t, 2, 15)
print(t[2])
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 30

24. How do you create a read-only table in Lua?

a) Using metatables
b) Using private modifiers
c) There is no built-in way
d) Using the readonly function

25. What does the load function do in Lua?

a) Loads a Lua module
b) Compiles a string as Lua code and returns the compiled chunk as a function
c) Loads data from a file into a table
d) Initializes memory for Lua scripts

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