Roblox lua pairs. In part 13 we learn about pairs and ipairs also known as generic for loop. Youll often need to add key value pairs to an existing dictionary. The next method and the table itself. This function is a stateless iterator it will not retain any information about the last iteration in the memory.
For a faster version that ignores the pairs metamethod. So i finally decided to truly learn lua and im a little bit confused. Posted december 15 2011. Userdata newproxy bool addmetatable false creates a blank userdata.
Type the name of the dictionary followed by the name of the key in brackets. Local next next local k nexttab while k nil do tabk nil k nexttab k end edit. For instance adding players to a dictionary when they join the game and then starting them off with 0 points. Unlike standard lua 51 robloxs lua cannot load the binary version of lua using loadstring.
Pairs vs ipairs by marcus december 15 2011 in programming. Additionally to avoid all metamethods use the. In this series dr. Function table pairs table t returns an iterator function the passed table t and nil so that the.
Marcus 15 marcus 15 members. So it is slightly faster but the difference is so minuscule that you shouldnt prefer one over the other. From what i can tell ipairs seems to be more useful for iterating. Next is another iterator function pairs actually calla this function every iteration.
Adding key value pairs. Playerpointsname on the same line set the value.