syntax

chunk ::= block

block ::= {stat} [retstat]

stat ::=  ‘;’ |
     varlist ‘=’ explist |
     functioncall |
     label |
     break |
     goto Name |
     do block end |
     while exp do block end |
     repeat block until exp |
     if exp then block {elseif exp then block} [else block] end |
     for Name ‘=’ exp ‘,’ exp [‘,’ exp] do block end |
     for namelist in explist do block end |
     function funcname funcbody |
     local function Name funcbody |
     local namelist [‘=’ explist]

retstat ::= return [explist] [‘;’]

label ::= ‘::’ Name ‘::’

funcname ::= Name {‘.’ Name} [‘:’ Name]

varlist ::= var {‘,’ var}

var ::=  Name | prefixexp ‘[’ exp ‘]’ | prefixexp ‘.’ Name

namelist ::= Name {‘,’ Name}

explist ::= exp {‘,’ exp}

exp ::=  nil | false | true | Number | String | ‘...’ | functiondef |
     prefixexp | tableconstructor | exp binop exp | unop exp

prefixexp ::= var | functioncall | ‘(’ exp ‘)’

functioncall ::=  prefixexp args | prefixexp ‘:’ Name args

args ::=  ‘(’ [explist] ‘)’ | tableconstructor | String

functiondef ::= function funcbody

funcbody ::= ‘(’ [parlist] ‘)’ block end

parlist ::= namelist [‘,’ ‘...’] | ‘...’

tableconstructor ::= ‘{’ [fieldlist] ‘}’

fieldlist ::= field {fieldsep field} [fieldsep]

field ::= ‘[’ exp ‘]’ ‘=’ exp | Name ‘=’ exp | exp

fieldsep ::= ‘,’ | ‘;’

binop ::= ‘+’ | ‘-’ | ‘*’ | ‘/’ | ‘^’ | ‘%’ | ‘..’ |
     ‘<’ | ‘<=’ | ‘>’ | ‘>=’ | ‘==’ | ‘~=’ |
     and | or

unop ::= ‘-’ | not | ‘#’