Contents

• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Fundamentals
  • 2.1 What is LPC?
  • 2.2 LPC object and times
  • 2.3 The value of truth
  • 2.4 More Reading
• 3. Types, operators and expressions
  • 3.1 Identifier Names
  • 3.2 Type Checking
  • 3.3 Data Types and Modifiers
  • 3.4 Constants
  • 3.5 Declarations
  • 3.6 Arithmetic Operators
  • 3.7 Relational and Logical Operators
  • 3.8 Increment and Decrement Operators
  • 3.9 Bitwise Operators
  • 3.10 Assignment Operators and Expressions
  • 3.11 Other Operators
  • 3.12 Conditional Expressions
  • 3.13 Precedence and Order of Evaluation
  • 3.14 The time cost of everything
• 4. Flow Control
  • 4.1 Statements and Blocks
  • 4.2 Conditional execution: If-Else
  • 4.3 Conditional execution: Else-If
  • 4.4 Conditional execution: Switch
  • 4.5 Loops: While
  • 4.6 Loops: For
  • 4.7 Loops: Do-While
  • 4.8 Loops: Foreach
  • 4.9 Break and Continue
• 5. Functions and Program Structure
  • 5.1 Efuns, Sfuns and Lfuns
  • 5.2 Functions without type
  • 5.3 Function types
  • 5.4 Function Prototyping
  • 5.5 Functions Returning Strings, Arrays or Mappings
  • 5.6 Calling Non-Existant Functions
  • 5.7 Scope Rules
  • 5.8 Block Structure
  • 5.9 Recursion
  • 5.10 The Preprocessor
  • 5.11 Comments in LPC
• 6. Strings, Arrays and Mappings
  • 6.1 Strings
  • 6.2 Arrays
  • 6.3 Mappings
  • 6.4 Strings, Arrays and Mappings as Function Arguments
• 7. Inheritance and Overloading
  • 7.1 Inheritance
  • 7.2 Overloading
• 8. Miscelleanous Features
  • 8.1 Shadows
  • 8.2 Virtual Compiling
• 9. The Keywords of LPC
• 10. The Boot Sequence
• 11. Tips, Traps and Trix
  • 11.1 On the #pragmas strict_types and save_types
  • 11.2 Optimisation
  • 11.3 Three Keys to Successful Creating at NannyMUD
  • 11.4 Some Common Mistakes
• Index