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-- start.lua
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a = 1
if a==1 -- missed KeyWord then
print("in if")
else
print("in else")
end
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-- main.lua
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chunk,errMsg = loadfile("start.lua")
if not errMsg then
chunk()
else
print("some error occurs when load start.lua")
print("==================================================")
print("\t",errMsg)
print("==================================================")
end
$ lua main.lua
some error occurs when load start.lua
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start.lua:7: 'then' expected near 'print'
==================================================