Standard Library Tables
Move Value
Copy a range with table.move and read one copied value.
Move Value
move_value.lua
local pick =
local value = table.move({"red", "green", "blue"}, 1, 3, 1, {})[pick]
print("pick=" .. pick)
print("value=" .. value)
local pick =
local value = table.move({"red", "green", "blue"}, 1, 3, 1, {})[pick]
print("pick=" .. pick)
print("value=" .. value)
local pick =
local value = table.move({"red", "green", "blue"}, 1, 3, 1, {})[pick]
print("pick=" .. pick)
print("value=" .. value)
copied range
`table.move` returns the destination table; this example immediately reads one copied value so the visible trace stays scalar.