Search a table position with a string or something?

[MisterQuestions]

Hey, it is possible to search an item position on a table, by a string?

mytable = {

[1] = {account1,name1}

[2] = {account2,name2}

}

example i want to get a position on the table for example i want to get [1] searching by it name or account

How can i make it?

[Castillo]

Loop the table and compare the strings.

[GatoGrande]

Not sure what you mean. You could do what Solidsnake14 said if that's what you mean, or from my understanding use a string as the key.

Example:

my_table = { 
    ['index 1'] = "Value", 
    ['Another Index'] = "Value 2" 
} 
-- You could use my_table["index 1"] to get "Value" 

[MisterQuestions]

but i want to get index, searching from a value

[Castillo]

for index, data in ipairs ( mytable ) do 
    if ( data [ 1 ] == "myAccount" ) then 
        outputChatBox ( index ) 
    end 
end