Problem with string

[ertlflorian1]

How i can get from the string veh1 or veh2 the car veh1 and veh2?

local veh1 = createVehicle (...) 
local veh2 = createVehicle (...) 
  
for i=1, 2 do 
local name = "veh"..i 
local x, y, z = getElementPosition (name) 
outputChatBox (x..", "..y..", "..z) 
end 

[ertlflorian1]

/push

[50p]

Better way is to use tables instead:

local vehs = { 
    createVehicle( ... ), 
    createVehicle( ... ) 
}; 
  
for _, veh in pairs( vehs ) do 
    local x,y,z = getElementPosition( veh ); 
    outputChatBox( x .. ", " .. y .. ", " .. z ); 
end 

If you really want to get variables by their names you can use global table (_G) but I do not recommend it because in some cases this will return nil:

local veh1 = createVehicle( ... ); 
  
outputChatBox( "Vehicle name: " .. getVehicleName( _G["veh1"] ) )