Table

table.concat
Description: concatenates all strings in the table, starting from i, ending with j (default 1, #t respectively), separating with the separator value if defined, otherwise there is no separation.
Usage: table.concat(table [, separator [, i [, j]]])
Example:
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local t = {'a', 'b', 'c'}
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print(table.concat(t)) -- abc
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print(table.concat(t, ', ')) -- a, b, c
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print(table.concat(t, ', ', 2)) -- b, c
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print(table.concat(t, nil, 1, 2)) -- ab
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table.insert
Description: inserts a value to the end of the table, or at pos
Usage: table.insert(table, [pos,] value)
Example:
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local t = {'a', 'b', 'c'}
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table.insert(t, 'd') -- {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'}
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table.insert(t, 3, 'f') -- {'a', 'b', 'f', 'c', 'd'}
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table.maxn
Description: returns the highest numerical index found in the table (different from true size)
Usage: table.maxn(table)
Example:
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local t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100, 3, 77, 275}
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print(table.maxn(t)) -- 9
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t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100, 3, 77, 275, nil, nil, 177, ['a'] = 5}
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print(table.maxn(t)) -- 12, 'a' is not a numerical index
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table.remove
Description: removes a value from the table at the end, or at pos
Usage: table.remove(table [, pos])
Example:
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local t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
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table.remove(t) -- {1, 2, 3, 4}
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table.remove(t, 2) -- {1, 3, 4}
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table.sort
Description: sorts table with given comp (comparison) function, if not given, < is used by default, which results in least to greatest.
Usage: table.sort(table [, comp])
Example:
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local t = {5, 26, 7, 1, 400}
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table.sort(t) -- {1, 5, 7, 26, 400}
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local t = {5, 26, 7, 1, 400}
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table.sort(t, function(a, b) return a > b end) -- {400, 26, 7, 5, 1}
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