Table reference by string name

[stealthpaw]

Hi all.

Just wondering if there is a way to get get a table into a variable via it's name in string form. I know it can be done for children of nested tables but can it be done for parents? for example:

For nested tables i can do:
local parent = {child={"stuff"}}

print( parent["child"] ) // stuff

Want i want to do:
local myTable = {"stuff"}

local iWant = "myTable"

local myTableAgain = iWant to table?

print( iWant[1] ) // stuff

[DEBUNKED]

Maybe debug.getlocal

[Bluzer]

You can make something like this -

local tbl = { "Hello","World" }

and after that if u want to use with this table in another name it like that -

local tbl = { "Hello","World" }
local iWant = tbl

to print the first one in the table you need to do something like that -

local tbl = { "Hello","World" }
local iWant = tbl

print( iWant[1] )

another way -

local tbl = { [1] = { "Hello" }, [2] = { "World" }, }
local iWant = tbl

for k , v in pairs( iWant ) do

print( v ) end

this print all the table in your console

[stealthpaw]

I already know how to do this, as i showed in my opening post.

What i need is to access a table (global or otherwise) via a string of its name.

local myTable = {"stuff"}

local iWant = "myTable"

In other words, i need to access "stuff" from myTable by using only the iWant variable.

[bigdogmat]

If it's a local variable as in the example code then use debug.getlocal in a helper function as @DEBUNKED purposed. If it's a global then you can just index the _G table.

You shouldn't have to do either of these and should probably nested it within another table.

[stealthpaw]

Yeah, that's what i figured. I was hoping there was a hack to prevent me from remaking a ton of tables in my gamemode as nested.
Thanks for the info people.