For In Loop Help!

[Gaming_Unlim]

So lets take this table for example.
[lua]
local Market = {}
Market[1] = "Fish"
Market[2] = "Vegetables"
Market[3] = "Grains"
Market[4] = "Fruits"
Market[5] = "Dairy"
[/lua]

Now if I want to see if the market has more (Fish, Vegetables, and Grains) then (Fruits and Dairy) how would I go about doing that.

[>>oubliet]

Firstly, lay out your tables like this :

[lua]
local Market = {};
Market["Fish"] = true;
Market["Vegetables"] = true;
Market["Grains"] = true;
Market[ "Fruits"] = true;
Market[ "Dairy"] = true;
[/lua]

This way you can check if the market contains something without looping through the table :

[lua]
if ( Market["Vegetabes"] ) then
// Yup, vegetables
end
[/lua]

[Gaming_Unlim]

[QUOTE=>>oubliette<<;39819368]Firstly, lay out your tables like this :

[lua]
local Market = {};
Market["Fish"] = true;
Market["Vegetables"] = true;
Market["Grains"] = true;
Market[ "Fruits"] = true;
Market[ "Dairy"] = true;
[/lua]

This way you can check if the market contains something without looping through the table :

[lua]
if ( Market["Vegetabes"] ) then
// Yup, vegetables
end
[/lua][/QUOTE]

I appreciate your help, but I should have been more specific. In the case that the market changes, say it might not always have an index of 5 and the values might be different how would I go about looping through it.

-Edit- In other words...say someone opens up a 2nd fish market.

[&gt;&gt;oubliet]

[lua]
for key, value in pairs( Market ) do
// Loops through all the keys and values
end
[/lua]

.. If you actually want to implement a system where a market changes and you want to test if it has a item in it, you shouldn't loop it, do what I said above.

[Gaming_Unlim]

[QUOTE=>>oubliette<<;39819506][lua]
for key, value in pairs( Market ) do
// Loops through all the keys and values
end
[/lua]

.. If you actually want to implement a system where a market changes and you want to test if it has a item in it, you shouldn't loop it, do what I said above.[/QUOTE]

Okay, and for my last question how would I check if the total index of a collection of values in the market is greater than another collection? Thanks a lot by the way.

[&gt;&gt;oubliet]

Provided that both tables are indexed by numbers, you can do :

[lua]
if ( #table1 > #table2) then
// blah blah blah
end
[/lua]

Otherwise you will need to

[lua]
if ( table.Count(table1) > table.Count(table2) ) then
// blah blah blah
end
[/lua]