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When called without arguments, ''dofile'' executes the contents of the standard input (stdin).
 
When called without arguments, ''dofile'' executes the contents of the standard input (stdin).

Revision as of 15:26, 13 July 2023

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Opens the named file and executes its contents as a Lua chunk.

dofile(filename)

When called without arguments, dofile executes the contents of the standard input (stdin).

Returns all values returned by the chunk. In case of errors, dofile propagates the error to its caller (that is, dofile does not run in protected mode).

Parameters

filename: (string) file to execute