Problem with tables

[DutchCaffeine]

Hello,

I be busy with my class selection system.

And i use tables/arrays for it, but it gives me every time an error:

local classes = { 
'police' = { 
  

There is everywhere i get the error of, it says that he misses a closing '}' char

The script:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/22093/

Alexander.

[tma]

I think it's the way you're declaring the array indicies. Try it like this instead:

  
local classes = { 
    civilians       = { 
        title       = 'Street people', 
        team        = 'civilian', 
        message = 'Living people on the streets,\nThey do just normal!' 
    }, 
    ... 
  

You can then access like:

  
local p = classes["civilians"] 
  

OR

  
local p = classes.civilians 
  

[DutchCaffeine]

Thanks, i't is working now, and how!

[robhol]

I'd like to advise you to use XML. It's not too hard, and it's a LOT easier to change and customize later on.

[Willy]

I'm going to have to disagree, i've recently written a script and it was a toss up between xml or lua tables, and it turns out that tables were by far the best to use. Once you realise the power of tables XML becomes as insignificant as Brophy's sexual advances.

[eAi]

Use XML if you wish the data to be persistent or editable by administrators, otherwise use tables.

[DutchCaffeine]

in my way i prefer tables, i had created first this system with xml but it wasn't working.

And now, i've got the best system of the whole mta community