Image assignment issue

[TayTree]

Hi everyone,
I'm wondering why I can't do the following:

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abc[1] = love.graphics.newImage('Button_normal.png')

I get the exception:

attempt to index global 'abc' (a nil value)

[Roland_Yonaba]

You need to declare the table first.

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abc = {}
abc[1] = love.graphics.newImage('Button_normal.png')

Also, these links might help.

[TayTree]

Actually, the case is more complicated:

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function love.load()
	for i=1,#buttons do
		button_images[i][1] = love.graphics.newImage(buttons[i][5])
		button_images[i][2] = love.graphics.newImage(buttons[i][6])
	end
	
	love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(0, 0, 0)
	love.mouse.setVisible(true)
end

Even with "button_images = {}" it doesn't function. I think it's a nesting problem.

[Roland_Yonaba]

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function love.load()
  button_images = {}
  for i=1,#buttons do
    button_images[i] = {}
    button_images[i][1] = love.graphics.newImage(buttons[i][5])
    button_images[i][2] = love.graphics.newImage(buttons[i][6])
  end
-- snip
end

[TayTree]

Thank you very much. I'm only used to (my favourite) Assembler, Pascal and some C.