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Reputation: 13

Different ways of inserting into a table LUA

Okay, so i come down to a dilemma that I can't seem to solve in LUA.

Basically I am trying to insert values into a table, and i am trying to insert it like this:

 activeContracts = {
        [user_id] = {
            [1] = {
                source = src
            }
        }
    }

But not in that style but instead of this style:

    activeContracts = {}
    activeContracts[user_id][1]["source"] = src

But the last example doesn't work. I've googled around and I can't seem to find any documentation that displays my dilemma.

If anyone experienced in LUA can comment on this it would mean alot.

Regards.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 321

Answers (1)

Piglet
Piglet

Reputation: 28958

activeContracts = {} creates an empty global table.

activeContracts[user_id][1]["source"] = src attempts to assign scr to activeContracts[user_id][1]["source"] But you may not index activeContracts[user_id][1] because it does not exist. You may also not index activeContracts[user_id] for the same reason.

So you're trying to assign values to a nested tables that do not exist. You have to create that nested structure first. You're basically trying to enter a room in the third floor of a house you never built.

activeContracts =  {[user_id] = {{}}}

Upvotes: 1

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