This topic describes how to use the scripting language built into Match-IT. The information presented here is relevant to writing complete scripts to perform some process and also to writing PPS expressions (Parametric Product Structures) that can be embedded into your methods.

The scripting language used in Match-IT is an extension of Lua. You can read all about standard Lua at www.lua.org; this document only covers the Match-IT specific extensions. You should familiarise yourself with Lua before reading this document.