main.go

package main

import (
	"os"

	"github.com/arnodel/golua/examples/userdata/regexlib"
	"github.com/arnodel/golua/lib"
	"github.com/arnodel/golua/lib/base"
	"github.com/arnodel/golua/lib/packagelib"
	rt "github.com/arnodel/golua/runtime"
)

const code = `
regex = require("regex")
ptn = regex.new("[0-9]+")
print("ptn:", ptn)
match = ptn:find("hello there 123 yippee")
print("found:", match)
`

func main() {
	r := rt.New(os.Stdout) // Create runtime
	lib.LoadLibs(
		r,
		base.LibLoader,       // Load base lib (needed for print)
		packagelib.LibLoader, // Load package lib (needed for require)
		regexlib.LibLoader,   // Load our example lib
	)

	// Now compile and run the lua code
	chunk, _ := r.CompileAndLoadLuaChunk("test", []byte(code), rt.TableValue(r.GlobalEnv()))
	_, _ = rt.Call1(r.MainThread(), rt.FunctionValue(chunk))
}