Re: "clear" array

[Inmate2993 <inmate2993@...>]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 05:56:03PM -0700, Wesley Smith wrote:

> > I'm trying to "clear" an array after a loop is run and reuse it again
> > on the next iteration.  By "clear" I mean that I wat #array to be 0.
> > 
> > So, if I have:
> > 
> > array = {}
> > 
> > --add stuff to array in loop
> > array[#array+1] = stuff
> > 
> > --end loop
> > 
> > --clear array
> > array[1] = nil
> > print(#array)
> > 
> > What I'm getting from the print statement is the length of the array
> > after the loop ended, not the expected 0.  Is this correct?  I don't
> > see why this wouldn't work.
>   
for i = 1, #array do array[i]=nil end

of course, array = {} is probably the cleaner way to go.

William C. Bubel