Nested tables represent values inside larger values.

Nested Lookup

nested_lookup.lua
local field = 
local value = ({user = {name = "Ada", level = "3", city = "London"}}).user[field]

print("field=" .. field)
print("value=" .. value)
local field = 
local value = ({user = {name = "Ada", level = "3", city = "London"}}).user[field]

print("field=" .. field)
print("value=" .. value)
local field = 
local value = ({user = {name = "Ada", level = "3", city = "London"}}).user[field]

print("field=" .. field)
print("value=" .. value)
nested fields Chain field access when one table contains another table.