table in lua code example

Example 1: print table lua

function print_table(node)
    local cache, stack, output = {},{},{}
    local depth = 1
    local output_str = "{\n"

    while true do
        local size = 0
        for k,v in pairs(node) do
            size = size + 1
        end

        local cur_index = 1
        for k,v in pairs(node) do
            if (cache[node] == nil) or (cur_index >= cache[node]) then

                if (string.find(output_str,"}",output_str:len())) then
                    output_str = output_str .. ",\n"
                elseif not (string.find(output_str,"\n",output_str:len())) then
                    output_str = output_str .. "\n"
                end

                -- This is necessary for working with HUGE tables otherwise we run out of memory using concat on huge strings
                table.insert(output,output_str)
                output_str = ""

                local key
                if (type(k) == "number" or type(k) == "boolean") then
                    key = "["..tostring(k).."]"
                else
                    key = "['"..tostring(k).."']"
                end

                if (type(v) == "number" or type(v) == "boolean") then
                    output_str = output_str .. string.rep('\t',depth) .. key .. " = "..tostring(v)
                elseif (type(v) == "table") then
                    output_str = output_str .. string.rep('\t',depth) .. key .. " = {\n"
                    table.insert(stack,node)
                    table.insert(stack,v)
                    cache[node] = cur_index+1
                    break
                else
                    output_str = output_str .. string.rep('\t',depth) .. key .. " = '"..tostring(v).."'"
                end

                if (cur_index == size) then
                    output_str = output_str .. "\n" .. string.rep('\t',depth-1) .. "}"
                else
                    output_str = output_str .. ","
                end
            else
                -- close the table
                if (cur_index == size) then
                    output_str = output_str .. "\n" .. string.rep('\t',depth-1) .. "}"
                end
            end

            cur_index = cur_index + 1
        end

        if (size == 0) then
            output_str = output_str .. "\n" .. string.rep('\t',depth-1) .. "}"
        end

        if (#stack > 0) then
            node = stack[#stack]
            stack[#stack] = nil
            depth = cache[node] == nil and depth + 1 or depth - 1
        else
            break
        end
    end

    -- This is necessary for working with HUGE tables otherwise we run out of memory using concat on huge strings
    table.insert(output,output_str)
    output_str = table.concat(output)

    print(output_str)
end

Example 2: lua tables

local favoritefoods_table = {"hamburger", "spaghetti", "pizza", "potato chips"}
--the table--

for i, v in pairs(favoritefoods_table) do --loop through the table-- 
	print(i) --print the number--
  	print(v) --print the value--
end

Example 3: table in lua

local myTable = {}

Example 4: table lua

a = {}
    x = "y"
    a[x] = 10                 -- put 10 in field "y"
    print(a[x])   --> 10      -- value of field "y"
    print(a.x)    --> nil     -- value of field "x" (undefined)
    print(a.y)    --> 10      -- value of field "y"

Example 5: lua table

local Table = {
	"Hello",
	"Goobye",
	"Bruh",
	Part = Instance.new("Part")
}
-- This is our table!

print(#Table)
--[[
This will print the amount of stuff inside the table by numbers!
For example, if you had 140 objects inside a table (doesn't matter if it's a
string) then print(#Table) will print out the number 140, exactly how many
things are inside the table!

Output: (the amount of objects inside the table BY NUMBERS)

]]

for i, v in pairs(Table) do
	print(i,v)
end
--[[
This is a for loop. It will go through each and every object inside the table.

i is the index. The index is like the line number, where the object is located.
Let's say that Bob is the 4th object in the table.
If we would think of tables as lines, Bob would be at line 4.
So if we'll do print(i) it would print out the line where Bob is.
Output: 4
As long as you use a for loop to get every object!

v is the object itself.
Let's say yet again that Mark is inside the table.
so v would be counted as Mark himself.
if we would do print(v) it will print out the name,string etc. of the object!

Output: Mark
]]