RosettaCodeData/Task/Mad-Libs/Lua/mad-libs.lua

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Lua

print("Enter a multi-line story (finish with blank line):")
dict, story, line = {}, "", io.read()
while #line>0 do story=story..line.."\n" line=io.read() end
story = story:gsub("(%<.-%>)", function(what)
if dict[what] then return dict[what] end
io.write("Please enter a " .. what .. ": ")
dict[what] = io.read()
return dict[what]
end)
print("\n"..story)