Programming Fundamentals/Variables/Lua

variables.lua

-- This program converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius.
--
-- 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

Copy and paste the code above into one of the following free online development environments or use your own Lua compiler / interpreter / IDE.

• CodeChef
• Ideone
• repl.it
• TutorialsPoint

See Also

• Lua.org: Reference Manual