Function returns table

["Jeff Wise" <jwise@...>]

My main routine calls my function.  The function's purpose is to build a
table.  Debug statements within the function seem to indicate that it is
performing as expected.  However, when I use the table in the mainline, the
table is apparently not passed.  The function's table is defined as a local
variable.  Here is the statement:

   data_table = conv(bytes)

and the function looks like this:

  function conv(data)
  local r_table = {}
  ...

  return r_table
  end

>From my diagnostic messages inside the function, r_table contains the
expected data, but data_table (in the mainline) does not.  Is the assignment
statement transferring all values from the function to the mainline?

TIA 










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