Welcome back. You already know this stuff cold, so think of this first course as a warmup lap, not a lecture. We’re just making sure your fingers remember the keys before we get to the fun parts.
A variable is a labeled box. You put a value in, you slap a name on the front, and later you call it by name instead of by the value. Lua doesn’t make you say what kind of thing goes in the box, which is one of the reasons it’s such a friendly language to learn on.
local name = "Caden"
local age = 13
local likesPizza = true
print(name)Notice how the box can hold any type: a word (string), a number, or a true/false (boolean). Lua doesn’t care, it just holds what you give it.
Now make it yours: create three variables of your own, one of each type, then print all three. Pick anything you want for the values. When you’ve got three lines printing, you’ve passed the warmup.