These examples come from: Lua Quick Reference Second Edition Published: May 2020 ISBN: 978-0-9912379-5-1 Pages: 169 https://orbitalquark.github.io/lua-quick-reference/ The contents of these examples may also include test code and/or boilerplate code delimitted by "snipped" comments. In Lua, snipped comments look like: --8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test and/or boilerplate code not included in the book. --8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- In C, snippet comments look like: //8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test and/or boilerplate code not included in the book. //8<---------------------------------------------------------------------------