Luadata by Example

A hands-on introduction to converting Lua data files to JSON with the luadata Go library.

Basics

• Hello Luadata
• Multiple Variables
• Nested Tables
• Data Types
• Comments
• Binary Strings

Options

• Empty Tables
• Empty Table Modes
• Array Detection
• Array Mode: None
• Array Mode: Index Only
• Array Mode: Sparse
• String Transform
• String Transform Modes

Schema

• Schema-Guided Conversion
• Schema vs Heuristics
• Schema String Formats

WebAssembly

• Using the WASM Module