Help:Lua debugging: Difference between revisions

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To obtain variables and values returned from functions (not local in both cases) the "Debug console" can be used. The "Debug console" appears below in the module page (when it is in edit mode). Then <code>mw.log</code> and <code>mw.logObject</code> will be used. Let's see its usefulness in the next example (module that can be found [[Module:Example of lua debugging|here]]):

{{Module:Example of lua debugging}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="Lua">

local p = {}

p.Hello = 'Hello'

function p.calc(num)

return num

end

function p.sum_mult(num)

return num + num, num * num

end

function p.mtable(num)

return {num, num+1}

end

return p

</syntaxhighlight>

Requests to "Debug Console":