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- Subject: Re: How does lua store data in a table?
- From: Tom N Harris <telliamed@...>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:50:26 -0400
On 03/30/2012 05:13 AM, Patrick Rapin wrote:
The hash array is by nature unsorted. It is impossible to get back the
same order as the construction.
If you need it, you must use numeric indexes (a sequence), or an
associated array with keys order.
If you only intend to use strings for primary keys, then you can use
integer keys to specify the order.
mydata = {
key1 = "value1",
key2 = "value2",
-- I'm writing the integer indexes to be explicit,
-- but they're not required as Lua will assign to
-- consecutive integers by itself
[1] = "key1",
[2] = "key2"
}
for n,k in ipairs(mydata) do -- `for n=1,#mydata do' works too
print(k, mydata[k])
end
--
- tom
telliamed@whoopdedo.org