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You can use do ... end to make a "block". This can be useful if you want to have a local variable limited in scope, eg. `do local foo = 22 -- use foo here end -- of do` Also you need to use "do ... end" if you want to put a return inside the middle of a function (eg. for testing), like this: `do return end` See Also ... Lua keywords/topics assignment break comments data types for (generic) for (numeric) function identifiers if / then / else keywords local logical operators precedence relational operators repeat return string literals tables while Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua bit manipulation functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua LPEG library Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua SQLite (database) interface Lua string functions Lua syntax Lua table functions Lua utilities Scripting Scripting callbacks - plugins (Help topic: lua=do)

You can use do ... end to make a "block". This can be useful if you want to have a local variable limited in scope, eg.

do
  local foo = 22
  -- use foo here
end -- of do

Also you need to use "do ... end" if you want to put a return inside the middle of a function (eg. for testing), like this:

do return end

See Also ...

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