 and 
<a href=udp.html#close><tt>close</tt></a>. 
</p>

<p>
Example: 
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>
A simple daytime client, using LuaSocket. The program connects to a remote
server and tries to retrieve the daytime, printing the answer it got or an
error message. 
</p>

<pre class=example>
-- change here to the host an port you want to contact
local host, port = "localhost", 13
-- load namespace
local socket = require("socket")
-- convert host name to ip address
local ip = assert(socket.dns.toip(host))
-- create a