Lua to JavaScript

lua-to-js patterns

--
//

local 
var

= {}
= []
 
==
===
 
if(.+)then
if($1){
 
else
} else {
 
end
}

for (.+), (.+) in pairs\((.+)\) do
$3.forEach(function($2){

for (.+), (.+) in ipairs\((.+)\) do
$3.forEach(function($2){
// NEED TO ADD A ); AFTER THE BLOCK !


for (.+) do
for ( $1 ) {
 
function self\.(.+)\((.+|.?)\)
this.$1 = function($2) {
 
(.+) = (.+)
// Add var in front. need to be done carefully.
 
#([A-Z-.]+)
$1.length

table.insert\((.+), (.+)\)
$1.push($2)

 and
 &&
 
  ..
  +
  
 nil
 undefined
 
Get first chraacter 
:sub(1,1)
.charAt(0)

Delete first chraacter
:sub(2)
.substring(1)

Loop in each lines
for ( l in string.gmatch(text, '[^\r\n]+') ) {
var lines = str.split("\n");
lines.forEach(function(line) {

:find
.search(

:gsub