lua get index of table value code example

Example 1: how to access an index of a table lua

--How to access something in a table by its index in lua:

local mytable = {"Hi", 6,"Bye"}

--To access it:

mytable[1]
--or
mytable[2]
--or
mytable[3]

Example 2: Lua how to get the index of a nested table

function findTL(tbl)
    for key, data in pairs(tbl) do
       if data.tl == tlSearch then 
          return key
       end
    end
end

local key = findTL(objects, 22)