NAME

lua_getmetatable — pushes onto the stack the metatable of the value at the given acceptable index, function indicator [-0, + (0|1), -]

SYNOPSIS

#include <lua.h>

int
lua_getmetatable(lua_State *L, int index);

DESCRIPTION

lua_getmetatable() pushes onto the stack the metatable of the value at the given acceptable index.

RETURN VALUES

If the index is not valid, or if the value does not have a metatable, the function returns 0 and pushes nothing on the stack.

SEE ALSO

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.

HISTORY

The lua_getmetatable() manual page is based on Lua Reference Manual 5.1 and was created by Sergey Bronnikov.