Lua: converting from float to int

Question

Even though Lua does not differentiate between floating point numbers and integers, there are some cases when you want to use integers. What is the best way to covert a number t

Answer 1

Lua 5.3 introduced a new operator, called floor division and denoted by //

Example below:

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>12//5

2

More info can be found in the lua manual