Problem with tables

[pejczi]

Hello,

I've got some problem with tables - i add the serial to the table and when i check if it exists there, it outputs that nope.. What's wrong over here?

serials = { } 
  
  
function addToTable (thePlayer,command) 
local serial = getPlayerSerial(thePlayer) 
    if serial then 
    table.insert(serials,serial) 
outputChatBox ( " #FF0000Serial added successfuly to the table", root, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
end 
end 
addCommandHandler ( "addtable" , addToTable ) 
  
function checkPlayer(thePlayer, command) 
    if serials[serial] then 
    outputChatBox ( " #FF0000There are serials in the table", root, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
        else 
outputChatBox ( " #FF0000There are no serials in the table", root, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler ( "checktable" , checkPlayer ) 

[DiSaMe]

table.insert inserts the value into first empty field under integral key starting from 1. That is, if the table is empty, 'table.insert(serials, serial)' will do the same as 'serials[1] = serial', second time it will do the same as 'serials[2] = serial', and so on.

Your checkPlayer function, on the other hand, gets the value from table under the value which is nil, since 'serial' variable is not defined. Which means 'serials[serial]' is nil.