Programming Fundamentals/Variables/Lua
variables.lua
[edit | edit source]-- This program converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius.
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-- References:
-- https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
-- https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html
local fahrenheit
local celsius
io.write("Enter Fahrenheit temperature: ")
fahrenheit = tonumber(io.read())
celsius = (fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9
io.write(fahrenheit, "° Fahrenheit is ", celsius, "° Celsius\n")
Try It
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