coroutine.create

thread = coroutine.create (f)

Creates a thread consisting of the body f.

thread = coroutine.create (f)

Then you can resume it with coroutine.resume.

For example:

function f (a, b, c)
  print (a, b, c)
end -- f

thread = coroutine.create (f)  -- thread will run function f
assert (coroutine.resume (thread, 1, 2, 3))  -- start thread, passing arguments: 1, 2, 3