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What are keywords?[]
Keywords are special words that cannot be used as variable names or function names, and control the flow of the script.
What are some keywords?[]
The keywords in luau are:
- if
- else
- elseif
- export
- for
- while
- break
- continue
- repeat
- until
- next
- not
- then
- end
- function
- local
- or
- and
- do
- self
- type
- typeof
List is not complete.
Keywords in action[]
An example of an if statement:
if true then -- Using keywords ''if'', ''true'', and ''then''
print(0)
elseif false then -- Using keywords ''elseif'', ''false'', and ''then''
-- Don't do anything
else -- Using keyword ''else''
print(1)
end -- Using keyword ''end''
An example of a for loop:
for i=1, 10 do -- Using keywords ''for'' and ''do''
print(i)
end
An example of a do block:
do -- Using keyword ''do''
print(0)
end
An example of a while loop:
while true do -- Using keywords ''while'', ''true'', and ''do''
break -- Using keyword ''break''
end -- Using keyword ''end''
An example of using and, or, and not:
local a = false and 0 or not false and 1 --Using keywords ''local'', ''false'', ''and'', ''or'', and ''not''
print(a)
This code produces an error:
local if = 1
because the variable name is a keyword.