lua output diagnostic table to console code example

Example: lua dump table

function dump(o)
    if type(o) == 'table' then
        local s = '{ '
        for k,v in pairs(o) do
                if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"'..k..'"' end
                s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
        end
        return s .. '} '
    else
        return tostring(o)
    end
end