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Alec Dvornik
Alec Dvornik

Reputation: 11

print () command and multiple items

Some context, This is some of my first programming in Lua and I am doing it with QSC software.

local a = Controls.Flippy.String
local b = Controls.Flippy.Value
local c = Controls.Flippy.Position
local d = "  "
print(a..d..b..d..c)

This worked but is there away I can write strings in line with a variables. Such as:

print("controls "a"  "b"  "c)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5844

Answers (3)

Piglet
Piglet

Reputation: 28950

There are several ways to print multiple values in a line.

local name = "Frank"
local age = 15

-- simple, but not applicable for my example due to formatting:
print("My name is", name, "I'm", age, "years old")

-- using the concatenation operator ..   
print("My name is " .. name .. ". I'm " .. age .. " years old")

-- using string.format, best for complex expressions, capable of advanced formatting
print(string.format("My name is %s. I'm %d years old.", name, age))

Upvotes: 1

Arsalan
Arsalan

Reputation: 36

You can just write the strings as

print("controls", a, b, c)

You can choose not to put spaces in between if you wish not to.

Hope that helps!

Upvotes: 2

Putnam
Putnam

Reputation: 714

Same way you put the strings together--with .., the concatenation operator.

print("controls "..a.." "..b.." "..c)

It is also possible to use print with multiple arguments, though the spacing is often different (which may or may not be desirable):

print("controls",a,b,c)

Upvotes: 3

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