Re: [femm] some questions with lua

[Keith Gregory <k.gregory@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:05 15/10/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> Hello femm group,
> I have some questions in relation with lua :
>
> - Is it possible to define vectors and matrices with
> lua?

Not in a conventional sense, Lua uses a construct called a table which 
allows sets of data to be used in a similar way to a vector or matrix.

> - Can we define some functions when using lua
> (exponential, cosine,........)?

Yes, most of the standard mathematical functions are supported.

> - Is it also possible to work with complex variables?

Not directly, but it would be relatively straightforward to write functions 
to deal with them.

The documentation available from www.lua.org would be useful to you.

Keith.