I was wondering, how do I access the indexes of things in a table, like for accessing a table is there a way to get a string of the index for a specified variable?
They aren't documented yet, but table.KeyFromValue(Table, Value) and table.KeysFromValue(Table, Value). They latter returns a table of keys, the former, a single key.
Wow, didn't know about those. Thanks.
[QUOTE=PortalGod;28644978]They aren't documented yet, but table.KeyFromValue(Table, Value) and table.KeysFromValue(Table, Value). They latter returns a table of keys, the former, a single key.[/QUOTE]
Why wouldn't it just be one function that always returns a table?
Seems more logical that way.
Or you could loop through the table and check values, which is how I assume that function works.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;28645666]Why wouldn't it just be one function that always returns a table?
Seems more logical that way.[/QUOTE]
Because if your just looking for one it's more efficient to stop there instead of continuing searching.
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;28644836]I was wondering, how do I access the indexes of things in a table, like for accessing a table is there a way to get a string of the index for a specified variable?[/QUOTE]
Rather than thinking you need a function to do this every time. It would be more useful to understand how to get it yourself.
[LUA]
for key, value in pairs(Table)do
//Key, is what index it is looping through.
//Value, is the value that is stored in that index.
if(value==specificvariable)then
//This is the key index we are looking for.
end
end
[/LUA]
Just so everyone knows, source of the functions:
[lua]
function table.KeyFromValue( tbl, val )
for key, value in pairs( tbl ) do
if ( value == val ) then return key end
end
end
function table.KeysFromValue( tbl, val )
local res = {}
for key, value in pairs( tbl ) do
if ( value == val ) then table.insert( res, key ) end
end
return res
end[/lua]
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