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Posted 18 September 2014 - 03:30 AM
So, as the title asks, how would I access a table inside of a table? I've already looked this up and tried what I found in CC and it failed to work.
This is what I found:
local table = {
[1] = {
data = "stuff",
}
}
-- The article I read stated this:
print(table[1][data])
However, that doesn't seem to work. I know for a fact that I can do this:
local ref = table[1]
print(ref.data)
But, I want to also be able to change the data variable inside of the table. So, is there something I'm doing wrong? Or, did I get misinformation? I apologize for my ignorance in advance. :P/>
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Posted 18 September 2014 - 03:32 AM
This:
print(table[1]["data"])
… gets the same result as this:
print(table[1].data)
… as does this:
data = "data"
print(table[1][data])
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Posted 18 September 2014 - 03:33 AM
try
print(table[1].data)
note the dot
EDIT: :ph34r:/> 'd
EDIT2: lol - Ask a Ninja…
Edited on 18 September 2014 - 01:37 AM
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Posted 18 September 2014 - 03:34 AM
The only problem you have is the fact that data is an undefined variable, so you are accessing table[ 1 ][ nil ]… which I assume do don't want to do.
local tbl = { person = { name = "Lego" } }
print( tbl.person.name )
print( tbl[ "person" ][ "name" ] )
print( tbl[ "person"].name )
Ninja'd
Edited on 18 September 2014 - 01:34 AM
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Posted 18 September 2014 - 05:33 AM
Thank you all so much! Man I feel stupid for dancing around the answer. :mellow:/> Well, I guess that's what I get for being ignorant. :lol:/> Thank you all for your help! To be honest, I was not expecting such immediate and helpful replies. Thanks again!
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Posted 18 September 2014 - 05:55 AM
As an extra thing, for static table keys, such as the table inner inside the table outer you could do
local outer = {inner = {"hello"}}
print(outer.inner[1]) --# Output hello
Edit: Didn't realize yami showed this already, well shoot
Edited on 18 September 2014 - 03:56 AM