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Choosing a value from a table that has multiple values

Started by GamerNebulae, 31 May 2014 - 05:28 PM

GamerNebulae #1

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 07:28 PM

Hello everyone!

I am working on a program and I was wondering if I could specifically get a value from a table if I know the index. For example:


Table = {}

Table[index] = {"1", "2", "3", "4"}

I know the index and I know what value I want to use, but how can I say that in Lua? (I want to know what the third value in that table is for example)

Dog #2

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 07:39 PM

I believe that would be Table[index][3] (only because "3" is the third value in the table).

If your table was


Table[index] = { "cat", "kibble", "chair leg", "fire hydrant" }

the query Table[index][3] would return "chair leg"

Edited on 31 May 2014 - 05:41 PM

GamerNebulae #3

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 08:13 PM

Dog, on 31 May 2014 - 07:39 PM said:
I believe that would be Table[index][3] (only because "3" is the third value in the table).

If your table was
Table[index] = { "cat", "kibble", "chair leg", "fire hydrant" }
the query Table[index][3] would return "chair leg"

As I suspected. Thanks for clarifying it!

Dog #4

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Posted 31 May 2014 - 08:19 PM

Happy to help :)/>