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debug.traceback

  debug.traceback()
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Description

Returns a full execution stack trace.

Returns

 string

A dump of the execution stack.
Examples

Example

Prints the traceback into console.

print( debug.traceback() )
Output: > print(debug.traceback())... stack traceback:

		lua_run:1: in main chunk

Example

Defines two functions that are later visible in the traceback. Enter "lua_run TracebackTest()" into the development console to achieve exact results.

function TracebackTest()
	 AnotherTracebackFunction()
end

function AnotherTracebackFunction()
	 print( debug.traceback() )
end
Output: stack traceback:

		lua_run:1: in function 'AnotherTracebackFunction'
		lua_run:1: in function 'TracebackTest'
		lua_run:1: in main chunk
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