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5.4 Lua primer
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The CHDK functions cls() and print_screen() work exactly the same
as the equivalent commands in uBasic. There is one exception:
print_screen(false)
can be used to disable output to a log file.
5.4.6 Blocks
Blocks are statement sequences that are enclosed by
do ... end
. Their
main purpose is to allow the definition of local variables that are only valid
within the block. Blocks may be nested.
5.4.7 Conditional clauses
Similar to uBasic, conditional clauses are built with the if ... then ...
else ... end construct. The difference is that the construct is not closed
by a specific
endif
token but by the more generic
end
token. For example:
if a < 0 then
b = 3
else
b = 4
end
The else clause may be omitted, but in contrast to uBasic, it is not possible
to omit the
end
token even for single line constructs:
if n < 0 then n = 0 end
Nested
if
statements can be simplified with the
elseif
token. Instead of:
if a < 0 then
b = -1
else
if a > 0 then
b = 1
else
b = 0
end
end