Difference between revisions of "Basic lua: Tables"
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| + | {| class="ts" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! method 2: manually created index values !! | ||
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| + | local t = {} -- empty table | ||
| + | t[1] = 1 | ||
| + | t[2] = "two" | ||
| + | t[3] = 3 | ||
| + | t[4] = 2 * 2 | ||
| + | t[5] = "five" | ||
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| + | print( "index total = " .. #(t) ) -- print total of table entries | ||
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| + | for i = 1, table.maxn(t) do -- for 1 to table total, print value of index number | ||
| + | print( t[i] ) | ||
| + | end | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> || width="200px" | [[File:lb_tables_002.png|thumb|right|180px|click to enlarge]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:19, 22 September 2014
Tables are one of the features of Lua script, that make the scripting language so dynamic & easy to use, as they allow us to easily create tables, insert, remove & sort data. Tables are often comprised of arrays that usually involve keywords - or an index number - & a value. Tables can be accessed using multiple different methods.
| < | Index | > |
Creating a table
| method 1: automatically generated index values | |
|---|---|
local t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "six", 7, "ate", 9} -- automatically assigns an index number to each value starting from 1.
print( "index total = " .. #(t) ) -- print total of table entries
for i = 1, table.maxn(t) do -- for 1 to table total, print value of index number
print( t[i] )
end |
| method 2: manually created index values | |
|---|---|
local t = {} -- empty table
t[1] = 1
t[2] = "two"
t[3] = 3
t[4] = 2 * 2
t[5] = "five"
print( "index total = " .. #(t) ) -- print total of table entries
for i = 1, table.maxn(t) do -- for 1 to table total, print value of index number
print( t[i] )
end |
