Tables as Data Structures
Nested Lookup
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.