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do
    local tab = {1, 2, 3}
    function closure()
        for key, value in ipairs(tab) do
            print(key, "I can still see you")
        end
    end
    closure()
    --> 1 I can still see you
    --> 2 I can still see you
    --> 3 I can still see you
end

print(tab) --> nil
-- tab is out of scope

closure()
--> 1 I can still see you
--> 2 I can still see you
--> 3 I can still see you
-- the function can still see tab

典型用法示例

function new_adder(number)
    return function(input)
        return input + number
    end
end
add_3 = new_adder(3)
print(add_3(2)) --> prints 5

更高階的用法示例

function base64.newDecoder(str) -- Decoder factory
    if #str ~= 64 then return nil, "string must be 64 characters long!" end

    local tab = {}
    local counter = 0
    for c in str:gmatch"." do
        tab[string.byte(c)] = counter
        counter = counter + 1
    end

    return function(str)
        local result = ""

        for abcd in str:gmatch"..?.?.?" do
            local a, b, c, d = string.byte(abcd,1,-1)
            a, b, c, d = tab[a], tab[b] or 0, tab[c] or 0, tab[d] or 0
            result = result .. (
                string.char( ((a<<2)+(b>>4))%256 ) ..
                string.char( ((b<<4)+(c>>2))%256 ) ..
                string.char( ((c<<6)+d)%256 )
            )
        end
        return result
    end
end