Lua functions list

The following keywords are reserved and cannot be used as names:
     and       break     do        else      elseif    end
     false     for       function  goto      if        in
     local     nil       not       or        repeat    return
     then      true      until     while

The following strings denote other tokens:

     +     -     *     /     %     ^     #
     &     ~     |     <<    >>    //
     ==    ~=    <=    >=    <     >     =
     (     )     {     }     [     ]     ::
     ;     :     ,     .     ..    ...

Lua supports the following arithmetic operators:

+: addition
-: subtraction
*: multiplication
/: float division
//: floor division
%: modulo
^: exponentiation
-: unary minus

Lua supports the following bitwise operators:

&: bitwise AND
|: bitwise OR
~: bitwise exclusive OR
>>: right shift
<<: left shift
~: unary bitwise NOT

Lua supports the following relational operators:

==: equality
~=: inequality
<: less than
>: greater than
<=: less or equal
>=: greater or equal

Operator precedence in Lua follows the table below, from lower to higher priority:

     or
     and
     <     >     <=    >=    ~=    ==
     |
     ~
     &
     <<    >>
     ..
     +     -
     *     /     //    %
     unary operators (not   #     -     ~)
     ^

A detailed list of events controlled by metatables is given next. Each operation is identified by its corresponding key.

__add: the addition (+) operation. If any operand for an addition is not a number (nor a string coercible to a number), Lua will try to call a metamethod. First, Lua will check the first operand (even if it is valid). If that operand does not define a metamethod for __add, then Lua will check the second operand. If Lua can find a metamethod, it calls the metamethod with the two operands as arguments, and the result of the call (adjusted to one value) is the result of the operation. Otherwise, it raises an error.
__sub: the subtraction (-) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__mul: the multiplication (*) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__div: the division (/) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__mod: the modulo (%) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__pow: the exponentiation (^) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__unm: the negation (unary -) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__idiv: the floor division (//) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation.
__band: the bitwise AND (&) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation, except that Lua will try a metamethod if any operand is neither an integer nor a value coercible to an integer (see §3.4.3).
__bor: the bitwise OR (|) operation. Behavior similar to the bitwise AND operation.
__bxor: the bitwise exclusive OR (binary ~) operation. Behavior similar to the bitwise AND operation.
__bnot: the bitwise NOT (unary ~) operation. Behavior similar to the bitwise AND operation.
__shl: the bitwise left shift (<<) operation. Behavior similar to the bitwise AND operation.
__shr: the bitwise right shift (>>) operation. Behavior similar to the bitwise AND operation.
__concat: the concatenation (..) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation, except that Lua will try a metamethod if any operand is neither a string nor a number (which is always coercible to a string).
__len: the length (#) operation. If the object is not a string, Lua will try its metamethod. If there is a metamethod, Lua calls it with the object as argument, and the result of the call (always adjusted to one value) is the result of the operation. If there is no metamethod but the object is a table, then Lua uses the table length operation (see §3.4.7). Otherwise, Lua raises an error.
__eq: the equal (==) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation, except that Lua will try a metamethod only when the values being compared are either both tables or both full userdata and they are not primitively equal. The result of the call is always converted to a boolean.
__lt: the less than (<) operation. Behavior similar to the addition operation, except that Lua will try a metamethod only when the values being compared are neither both numbers nor both strings. The result of the call is always converted to a boolean.
__le: the less equal (<=) operation. Unlike other operations, the less-equal operation can use two different events. First, Lua looks for the __le metamethod in both operands, like in the less than operation. If it cannot find such a metamethod, then it will try the __lt metamethod, assuming that a <= b is equivalent to not (b < a). As with the other comparison operators, the result is always a boolean. (This use of the __lt event can be removed in future versions; it is also slower than a real __le metamethod.)
__index: The indexing access table[key]. This event happens when table is not a table or when key is not present in table. The metamethod is looked up in table.
Despite the name, the metamethod for this event can be either a function or a table. If it is a function, it is called with table and key as arguments, and the result of the call (adjusted to one value) is the result of the operation. If it is a table, the final result is the result of indexing this table with key. (This indexing is regular, not raw, and therefore can trigger another metamethod.)

__newindex: The indexing assignment table[key] = value. Like the index event, this event happens when table is not a table or when key is not present in table. The metamethod is looked up in table.
Like with indexing, the metamethod for this event can be either a function or a table. If it is a function, it is called with table, key, and value as arguments. If it is a table, Lua does an indexing assignment to this table with the same key and value. (This assignment is regular, not raw, and therefore can trigger another metamethod.)

Whenever there is a __newindex metamethod, Lua does not perform the primitive assignment. (If necessary, the metamethod itself can call rawset to do the assignment.)

__call: The call operation func(args). This event happens when Lua tries to call a non-function value (that is, func is not a function). The metamethod is looked up in func. If present, the metamethod is called with func as its first argument, followed by the arguments of the original call (args). All results of the call are the result of the operation. (This is the only metamethod that allows multiple results.)

A weak table is a table whose elements are weak references. A weak reference is ignored by the garbage collector. In other words, if the only references to an object are weak references, then the garbage collector will collect that object.
The weakness of a table is controlled by the __mode field of its metatable. If the __mode field is a string containing the character 'k', the keys in the table are weak. If __mode contains 'v', the values in the table are weak.

basic:
_G
_VERSION
assert
collectgarbage
dofile
error
getmetatable
ipairs
load
loadfile
next
pairs
pcall
print
rawequal
rawget
rawlen
rawset
require
select
setmetatable
tonumber
tostring
type
xpcall

coroutine:
coroutine.create
coroutine.isyieldable
coroutine.resume
coroutine.running
coroutine.status
coroutine.wrap
coroutine.yield

debug:
debug.debug
debug.gethook
debug.getinfo
debug.getlocal
debug.getmetatable
debug.getregistry
debug.getupvalue
debug.getuservalue
debug.sethook
debug.setlocal
debug.setmetatable
debug.setupvalue
debug.setuservalue
debug.traceback
debug.upvalueid
debug.upvaluejoin

io:
io.close
io.flush
io.input
io.lines
io.open
io.output
io.popen
io.read
io.stderr
io.stdin
io.stdout
io.tmpfile
io.type
io.write
file:close
file:flush
file:lines
file:read
file:seek
file:setvbuf
file:write

math:
math.abs
math.acos
math.asin
math.atan
math.ceil
math.cos
math.deg
math.exp
math.floor
math.fmod
math.huge
math.log
math.max
math.maxinteger
math.min
math.mininteger
math.modf
math.pi
math.rad
math.random
math.randomseed
math.sin
math.sqrt
math.tan
math.tointeger
math.type
math.ult

os:
os.clock
os.date
os.difftime
os.execute
os.exit
os.getenv
os.remove
os.rename
os.setlocale
os.time
os.tmpname

package:
package.config
package.cpath
package.loaded
package.loadlib
package.path
package.preload
package.searchers
package.searchpath

string:
string.byte
string.char
string.dump
string.find
string.format
string.gmatch
string.gsub
string.len
string.lower
string.match
string.pack
string.packsize
string.rep
string.reverse
string.sub
string.unpack
string.upper

table:
table.concat
table.insert
table.move
table.pack
table.remove
table.sort
table.unpack

utf8:
utf8.char
utf8.charpattern
utf8.codepoint
utf8.codes
utf8.len
utf8.offset

environment
variables
LUA_CPATH
LUA_CPATH_5_3
LUA_INIT
LUA_INIT_5_3
LUA_PATH
LUA_PATH_5_3

C API
lua_Alloc
lua_CFunction
lua_Debug
lua_Hook
lua_Integer
lua_KContext
lua_KFunction
lua_Number
lua_Reader
lua_State
lua_Unsigned
lua_Writer
lua_absindex
lua_arith
lua_atpanic
lua_call
lua_callk
lua_checkstack
lua_close
lua_compare
lua_concat
lua_copy
lua_createtable
lua_dump
lua_error
lua_gc
lua_getallocf
lua_getextraspace
lua_getfield
lua_getglobal
lua_gethook
lua_gethookcount
lua_gethookmask
lua_geti
lua_getinfo
lua_getlocal
lua_getmetatable
lua_getstack
lua_gettable
lua_gettop
lua_getupvalue
lua_getuservalue
lua_insert
lua_isboolean
lua_iscfunction
lua_isfunction
lua_isinteger
lua_islightuserdata
lua_isnil
lua_isnone
lua_isnoneornil
lua_isnumber
lua_isstring
lua_istable
lua_isthread
lua_isuserdata
lua_isyieldable
lua_len
lua_load
lua_newstate
lua_newtable
lua_newthread
lua_newuserdata
lua_next
lua_numbertointeger
lua_pcall
lua_pcallk
lua_pop
lua_pushboolean
lua_pushcclosure
lua_pushcfunction
lua_pushfstring
lua_pushglobaltable
lua_pushinteger
lua_pushlightuserdata
lua_pushliteral
lua_pushlstring
lua_pushnil
lua_pushnumber
lua_pushstring
lua_pushthread
lua_pushvalue
lua_pushvfstring
lua_rawequal
lua_rawget
lua_rawgeti
lua_rawgetp
lua_rawlen
lua_rawset
lua_rawseti
lua_rawsetp
lua_register
lua_remove
lua_replace
lua_resume
lua_rotate
lua_setallocf
lua_setfield
lua_setglobal
lua_sethook
lua_seti
lua_setlocal
lua_setmetatable
lua_settable
lua_settop
lua_setupvalue
lua_setuservalue
lua_status
lua_stringtonumber
lua_toboolean
lua_tocfunction
lua_tointeger
lua_tointegerx
lua_tolstring
lua_tonumber
lua_tonumberx
lua_topointer
lua_tostring
lua_tothread
lua_touserdata
lua_type
lua_typename
lua_upvalueid
lua_upvalueindex
lua_upvaluejoin
lua_version
lua_xmove
lua_yield
lua_yieldk

auxiliary library:
luaL_Buffer
luaL_Reg
luaL_Stream
luaL_addchar
luaL_addlstring
luaL_addsize
luaL_addstring
luaL_addvalue
luaL_argcheck
luaL_argerror
luaL_buffinit
luaL_buffinitsize
luaL_callmeta
luaL_checkany
luaL_checkinteger
luaL_checklstring
luaL_checknumber
luaL_checkoption
luaL_checkstack
luaL_checkstring
luaL_checktype
luaL_checkudata
luaL_checkversion
luaL_dofile
luaL_dostring
luaL_error
luaL_execresult
luaL_fileresult
luaL_getmetafield
luaL_getmetatable
luaL_getsubtable
luaL_gsub
luaL_len
luaL_loadbuffer
luaL_loadbufferx
luaL_loadfile
luaL_loadfilex
luaL_loadstring
luaL_newlib
luaL_newlibtable
luaL_newmetatable
luaL_newstate
luaL_openlibs
luaL_opt
luaL_optinteger
luaL_optlstring
luaL_optnumber
luaL_optstring
luaL_prepbuffer
luaL_prepbuffsize
luaL_pushresult
luaL_pushresultsize
luaL_ref
luaL_requiref
luaL_setfuncs
luaL_setmetatable
luaL_testudata
luaL_tolstring
luaL_traceback
luaL_typename
luaL_unref
luaL_where

standard library:
luaopen_base
luaopen_coroutine
luaopen_debug
luaopen_io
luaopen_math
luaopen_os
luaopen_package
luaopen_string
luaopen_table
luaopen_utf8

constants:
LUA_ERRERR
LUA_ERRFILE
LUA_ERRGCMM
LUA_ERRMEM
LUA_ERRRUN
LUA_ERRSYNTAX
LUA_HOOKCALL
LUA_HOOKCOUNT
LUA_HOOKLINE
LUA_HOOKRET
LUA_HOOKTAILCALL
LUA_MASKCALL
LUA_MASKCOUNT
LUA_MASKLINE
LUA_MASKRET
LUA_MAXINTEGER
LUA_MININTEGER
LUA_MINSTACK
LUA_MULTRET
LUA_NOREF
LUA_OK
LUA_OPADD
LUA_OPBAND
LUA_OPBNOT
LUA_OPBOR
LUA_OPBXOR
LUA_OPDIV
LUA_OPEQ
LUA_OPIDIV
LUA_OPLE
LUA_OPLT
LUA_OPMOD
LUA_OPMUL
LUA_OPPOW
LUA_OPSHL
LUA_OPSHR
LUA_OPSUB
LUA_OPUNM
LUA_REFNIL
LUA_REGISTRYINDEX
LUA_RIDX_GLOBALS
LUA_RIDX_MAINTHREAD
LUA_TBOOLEAN
LUA_TFUNCTION
LUA_TLIGHTUSERDATA
LUA_TNIL
LUA_TNONE
LUA_TNUMBER
LUA_TSTRING
LUA_TTABLE
LUA_TTHREAD
LUA_TUSERDATA
LUA_USE_APICHECK
LUA_YIELD
LUAL_BUFFERSIZE