Function: debug.getlocal :: Debug

function debug.getlocal ( thread, level, local )

This function returns the name and the value of the local variable
with index

Code:

local

of the function at level

Code:

level

of the stack.
(The first parameter or local variable has index 1, and so on,
until the last active local variable.)
The function returns nil if there is no local
variable with the given index,
and raises an error when called with a

Code:

level

out of range.
(You can call

Code:

debug.getinfo

to check whether the level is valid.)

Variable names starting with '

Code:

(

' (open parentheses)
represent internal variables
(loop control variables, temporaries, and C function locals).

Lua-Api

Debug

[LUA 5.1] debug.getlocal

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