[TUT] Lua Tables

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Thanks. Hope it helps.

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Everyone? Its Only Me lol anyway np

Yeh i know i mean you and SkatCh anyways enjoy.

Cool dude but what's difference between pairs and ipairs?

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So whenever i make an array i must use ipairs .

Not always, ipairs is used for numeric indexed tables.

Like this one:

myTable = { "A", "B", "C" } 

Cool dude but what's difference between pairs and ipairs?

Simply :

* ipairs:

loop only number indexes "start from 1 index" and only in order.

* pairs:

Loop all.

for more information check Solidsnake14 link

However, for those who still did not understand the differences between pairs and ipairs;

  
local numerical = {"A", "B", "C"} 
for index, value in ipairs(numerical) do 
    print(index.." => "..value) -- 1 => A 
end 
  
local alphabetical = {"A", ["two"] = "B", three = "C"} -- Alphabetical indexing can be done either with brackets or rawly (as I've done with three). Though it will be necessary to utilize brackets if you wish adding special characters to these. 
for key, value in pairs(alphabetical) do 
    print(key.." => "..value) -- 1 (numerical indexing) => A 
end 
  

Also note that, ipairs will ignore alphabetical indexes. Whilst pairs will, as Walid stated above, gather both types, numerical and alphabetical ones.

What's more, 'pairs' is a little bit faster than 'ipairs'. It was proved in some thread few mouths ago.

the speed difference between ipairs and pairs is negligible "really really small". i already tested it pairs was faster than ipairs by 0.0000000339seconds. only when you have tables nearing 15k keyvalues.

Oke so ipairs ignores alphabetical indexing while pairs does both..

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Oke so ipairs ignores alphabetical indexing while pairs does both..

Thanks <3

Exactly

I'd just like to point out that 'pairs' don't loop in order of the table either, just because there are some scripts that want to loop the table in order.

Example:

local myTable = {  
    ["Index 1"] = "Some random information", 
    ["Another Key?"] = "Some random information ", 
    ["Should be index 3"] = "Some random information", 
    ["Master Race"] = "Some random information", 
    ["Madex"] = "Some random information", 
} 
  
  
for index, value in pairs ( myTable ) do 
    print ( index..": "..value ); 
end 
  
--[[ 
Expected printout: 
  
Index 1: Some random information 
Another Key?: Some random information 
Should be index 3: Some random information 
Master Race: Some random information 
Madex: Some random information 
  
  
-- There's a slight chance it could be in that order, but most likley it won't be 
-- There may be some algorithm that randomises them, but I don't know what it would be  
  
  
  
Real print-out (Example): 
  
  
Another Key?: Some random information 
Index 1: Some random information 
Madex: Some random information 
Master Race: Some random information 
Should be index 3: Some random information 
  
  
]] 
  

But if you do need to loop a table with non-numerical keys for whatever reason, you can use this function:

function foreachinorder(t, f, cmp) 
    local keys = {} 
    for k,_ in pairs(t) do 
        keys[#keys+1] = k 
    end 
    table.sort(keys,cmp) 
    local data = { } 
    for _, k in ipairs ( keys ) do  
        table.insert ( data, { k, t[k] } ) 
    end  
    return data 
end 

The only argument you need to worry about is t which is just the table you want to loop.

You'll need to do some experimenting to see how it works, because I'm not sure how to explain it.

Here's how I used it in my gamemode:

local jobRanks = { 
    ['fisherman'] = { 
        [0] = "Deck Hand", 
        [20]= "Net Baiter", 
        [75]= "Line Thrower", 
        [100]="Line Roller", 
        [140]="Boat Captain", 
        [200]="Experienced Fisherman", 
        [270]="Underwater Trap Setter" 
    } 
} 
  
   -- Some other code... Skipping to the point 
    local isNext = false; 
    for _, v in ipairs ( foreachinorder ( jobRanks['fisherman'] ) ) do  
        if ( isNext ) then  
            data.nextRank = v[2]; 
            data.requiredCatches = v[1] - data.caughtFish; 
            break; 
        end  
  
        if ( v[2]:lower() == data.jobRank:lower() ) then  
            isNext = true; 
        end  
    end  
  

Yes ipairs gives the numerical indexes in order. Buti pprefer using pairs when the order of index is not needed like

weapons = { 
["weapon"] = "model id" 
} 

In such table i perfer pairs

local playerName = {}
local playerSkin = {}
function player()
	local playerName2 = getPlayerName( source )
	table.insert(playerName, playerName2)
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", root, player)
function output()
	outputChatBox(table.concat(playerName))
	outputDebugString( "Working" )
end
addCommandHandler("table2", output)

output chatbox isn't working

Why?

function output()
  for _, name in ipairs(playerName) do
	outputChatBox(name)
	outputDebugString( "Working" )
  end  
end
addCommandHandler("table2", output)

@Gravestone use for i=1,x do! (much faster)

function output()
   for i=1, #playerName do
      outputChatBox(playerName[i])
      outputDebugString( "Working" )
   end  
end
addCommandHandler("table2", output)

@External Your code working fine