Lua - Tables and the table library.

Tables and the table library. - Lua module U105

This topic is presented on public course Lua Programming

Examples from our training material

asort	Sorting an Associative table
cleversort	Sorting with a user defined routine
clone	Duplicate (clone) a table
imex	implode in Lua
moretab	Getting the minimum number from a table
ooco	Assignment of a table - by reference
party	Read and store data until we get a blank line
settab	Set up a table, output in reverse
sorting	Sorting tables
spjo	Split and Join a string into / from a table
synsug	. v ["...."] v insert
t1	mixing associative and normal in table
taba	Tables as associative arrays
tabo	Tables - some basics
tat	whole table v single member, pairs v ipairs

Background information

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Topics covered in this module

Introduction.
Tables as arrays.
Table equality and copying.
Sort, Concatanate, remove and others.
Table Traversal Functions.
Building other structures from tables.

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