Unpack Values

table.unpack returns sequence values as separate results.

unpack_values.lua

local secondValue = 
local first, second = table.unpack({"left", secondValue})
local summary = first .. ":" .. second

print("secondValue=" .. secondValue)
print("summary=" .. summary)

local secondValue = 
local first, second = table.unpack({"left", secondValue})
local summary = first .. ":" .. second

print("secondValue=" .. secondValue)
print("summary=" .. summary)

local secondValue = 
local first, second = table.unpack({"left", secondValue})
local summary = first .. ":" .. second

print("secondValue=" .. secondValue)
print("summary=" .. summary)

split into names Unpacking assigns positions from a table to separate local variables.