Syntax and types
⚑ Report an issue with this lessonlocal name = "Ada"
local age = 28
local price = 29.99
print(name .. " is " .. age .. " years old")local declares a variable scoped to the current block --
without it, a variable is global by default, which is almost always a
mistake in real Lua code. String concatenation uses .., not
+.
Try it yourself
Exercise: Declare local name and age, then print them with concatenation (..).
Expected output: open-ended — there's no single correct output here, just get your code running without errors.
Run your code and get it working before marking this lesson complete.
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