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An operator is a symbol that tells the interpreter to perform specific mathematical

or logical manipulations. Lua language is rich in built-in operators and provides


the following type of operators −

Arithmetic Operators
Relational Operators
Logical Operators
Misc Operators
This tutorial will explain the arithmetic, relational, logical, and other
miscellaneous operators one by one.

Arithmetic Operators
Following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by Lua language.
Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then −

Show Examples

Operator Description Example


+ Adds two operands A + B will give 30
- Subtracts second operand from the first A - B will give -10
* Multiply both operands A * B will give 200
/ Divide numerator by de-numerator B / A will give 2
% Modulus Operator and remainder of after an integer divisionB % A will give 0
^ Exponent Operator takes the exponents A^2 will give 100
- Unary - operator acts as negation -A will give -10
Relational Operators
Following table shows all the relational operators supported by Lua language.
Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then −

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Operator Description Example


== Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition
becomes true. (A == B) is not true.
~= Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal
then condition becomes true. (A ~= B) is true.
> Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right
operand, if yes then condition becomes true. (A > B) is not true.
< Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand,
if yes then condition becomes true. (A < B) is true.
>= Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of
right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. (A >= B) is not true.
<= Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of
right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. (A <= B) is true.
Logical Operators
Following table shows all the logical operators supported by Lua language. Assume
variable A holds true and variable B holds false then −

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Operator Description Example


and Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are non zero then condition
becomes true. (A and B) is false.
or Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands is non zero then
condition becomes true. (A or B) is true.
not Called Logical NOT Operator. Use to reverses the logical state of its
operand. If a condition is true then Logical NOT operator will make false. !(A
and B) is true.
Misc Operators
Miscellaneous operators supported by Lua Language include concatenation and length.

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Operator Description Example


.. Concatenates two strings. a..b where a is "Hello " and b is "World", will
return "Hello World".
# An unary operator that return the length of the a string or a table.
#"Hello" will return 5
Operators Precedence in Lua
Operator precedence determines the grouping of terms in an expression. This affects
how an expression is evaluated. Certain operators have higher precedence than
others; for example, the multiplication operator has higher precedence than the
addition operator −

For example, x = 7 + 3 * 2; Here x is assigned 13, not 20 because operator * has


higher precedence than + so it first get multiplied with 3*2 and then adds into 7.

Here, operators with the highest precedence appear at the top of the table, those
with the lowest appear at the bottom. Within an expression, higher precedence
operators will be evaluated first.

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Category Operator Associativity


Unary not # - Right to left
Concatenation .. Right to left
Multiplicative * / % Left to right
Additive + - Left to right
Relational < > <= >= == ~= Left to right
Equality == ~= Left to right
Logical AND and Left to right
Logical OR or Left to right

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