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This page lists what the transpiler does and how you can use it to your advantage for maximum accuracy.

No condition replacements

These are things that get parsed with no condition required.
Reading Format: "trigger": "replacement"
trigger is the thing written.
Eg: True transpiles into `true` in all cases. For example, tTrue becomes ttrue

      "True": "true"
      "False": "false"
      "#end": "end"
      "#class": "}"
      "def": "local function"
      "None": "nil"
      "str(": "tostring("
      "int(": "tonumber("
      "!=": "~="
      "#": "--"
      "eval(": "loadstring("
      "exec(": "loadstring("
      " + ": " .. "
      "elif": "elseif"
      "time.sleep(": "wait("
      "random.randint(": "math.random("
      "random.randrange(": "math.random(",
      ".replace(": ":gsub(",
      ".format(": ":format("

Conditioned Replacements

These are replacements that have a condition, if a certain character/word is in a line.
Tab = tab character.
indent = 2 spaces, or more.
If trigger in a line:

#exclude: Remove line from the entire script. This doesn’t avoid parsing, it removes the line completely.

while: Replaces : in current line with do.

if: Replaces : in current line with then.

class : Replaces class with local, replaces : with = {

= and no tab or indent: Replaces entire line with "local" + line. Adds local to line start. Aim: first declaration of variable.

else:: Removes : from else

max( and ): Replaces max( with math.max(

min( and ): Replaces min( with math.min(

for and :: Replace : in line with do