Getting value from table problem

[PGUp]

so, i want to get a value from a table, its hard to explain, this is the code :

function love.load ()
a = 10
enemystuff = {}
enemy = {}
enemy.y = 100
table.insert(enemystuff, enemy)
end

function love.update(dt)
if a > enemy.y then
(print something here)
end
end

so, i dont know how to get the enemy.y, using for loop make no sense, and it wont work.. so i have no idea at all how to do this, help ?

[yetneverdone]

it should be enemystuff.enemy.y

[MasterLee]

it should be enemystuff.enemy.y

For me it looks like it should be

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enemystuff[1].y

but there changes are high that the enemystuff is supposed to be inside enemy and not the other way round as it is at the moment

[yetneverdone]

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enemystuff[1].y

That also works, because in actuality it translates to

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enemystuff[enemy].y

well, the "enemy" table is inside the "enemystuff" because you inserted that way.

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table.insert(
--table to insert to,
--value to inser,
)

So you should try table.insert(enemy,enemystuff)

[zorg]

table.insert inserts things into the array part of a table, or in other words, enemystuff.enemy is nil, because enemy is not the key, it's the value, and enemystuff[1].y is the only correct way it will work.

[arampl]

I think this issue is not about tables. Your "enemy" table is global AND is also child of table "enemystuff". So enemy.y is correct expression.
But you asking if a > enemy.y i.e. if 10 > 100 which is obviously is never true.

[Sir_Silver]

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enemystuff[1].y

That also works, because in actuality it translates to

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enemystuff[enemy].y

No.

[yetneverdone]

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enemystuff[1].y

That also works, because in actuality it translates to

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enemystuff[enemy].y

No.

Okay i understand. Sorry for my mistakes.

[Sir_Silver]

To elaborate, table.insert does not work the way you were mentioning before.

table.insert can take either two arguments- a table and a value to insert - or three arguments- a table, the numerical index to insert into, and the value to insert. When calling table.insert with only two arguments, it is functionally the same as calling table.insert with three arguments where the second argument is automatically the same as the length of the first table argument plus one.

This code:

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local enemystuff = {1, 2, 3, 4}
local enemy = {}

table.insert(enemystuff, enemy)

for k, v in pairs(enemystuff) do
	print(k, v)	
end

output ->
1	1		
2	2		
3	3		
4	4		
5	table: 0x2838b00

is functionally the same as this code:

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local enemystuff = {1, 2, 3, 4}
local enemy = {}

table.insert(enemystuff, #enemystuff + 1, enemy)

for k, v in pairs(enemystuff) do
	print(k, v)	
end

output->
1	1		
2	2		
3	3		
4	4		
5	table: 0x2838eb0

You cannot use table.insert to place a value into a table at any index that isn't a number, therefore after calling table.insert and inserting the enemy table into the enemystuff table, you will find that indexing the enemystuff table with the enemy will return nil.

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print(enemystuff[enemy])

output->
nil

tl:dr

This

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enemystuff[1].y

is not the same as this:

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enemystuff[enemy].y

[Sir_Silver]

To the OP, I don't really understand your question, do you mind clarifying?

To yetnevedone, table.insert does not work the way you were mentioning before.

table.insert can take either two arguments- a table and a value to insert - or three arguments- a table, the numerical index to insert into, and the value to insert. When calling table.insert with only two arguments, it is functionally the same as calling table.insert with three arguments where the second argument is automatically the same as the length of the first table argument plus one.

This code:

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local enemystuff = {1, 2, 3, 4}
local enemy = {}

table.insert(enemystuff, enemy)

for k, v in pairs(enemystuff) do
	print(k, v)	
end

output ->
1	1		
2	2		
3	3		
4	4		
5	table: 0x2838b00

is functionally the same as this code:

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local enemystuff = {1, 2, 3, 4}
local enemy = {}

table.insert(enemystuff, #enemystuff + 1, enemy)

for k, v in pairs(enemystuff) do
	print(k, v)	
end

output->
1	1		
2	2		
3	3		
4	4		
5	table: 0x2838eb0

You cannot use table.insert to place a value into a table at any index that isn't a number, therefore after calling table.insert and inserting the enemy table into the enemystuff table, you will find that indexing the enemystuff table with the enemy will return nil.

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print(enemystuff[enemy])

output->
nil

tl:dr

This

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enemystuff[1].y

does not translate to this:

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enemystuff[enemy].y