Unless otherwise noted,
any function that accepts valid indices can also be called with
pseudo-indices,
which represent some Lua values that are accessible to C code
but which are not in the stack.
Pseudo-indices are used to access the thread environment,
the function environment,
the registry,
and the upvalues of a C function (see §3.4).
The thread environment (where global variables live) is
always at pseudo-index LUA_GLOBALSINDEX .
The environment of the running C function is always
at pseudo-index LUA_ENVIRONINDEX .
To access and change the value of global variables,
you can use regular table operations over an environment table.
For instance, to access the value of a global variable, do
lua_getfield(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, varname);
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