I have seen all kinds of brackets these : {} I think are for tables these () I think are for parameters . BUT THESE [] I cannot understand. I don’t get what [] bracket do.
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What do [] brackets do and the other ones if my understanding is wrong?
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A lot of times it's used to get certain stuff out of tables or dictionary's, but it can also be used to find a child inside of Workspace or another place, It can find children with spaces
Dictionary example: (Tables and Dictionary's are almost the same}
-- Make the dictionary using the [] brackets to name them!
local fruitDictionary = {
["Bananas"] = "Not my favorite";
["Apples"] = "Pretty good";
["Eggplants"] = "Sus";
}
-- Print the Eggplants
print(fruitDictionary ["Eggplants"])
-- When you run the script it should say sus!
Children Example
workspace["My Part that has a space"].BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright green")
Hope this answered your question!
Square brackets are used to reference items in a table. For example:
local table = {12, 41, 62}
print(table[2]) --prints 41
table[2] = 123
print(table[2]) --prints 123
print(table[1]) --prints 12
They can also be used to reference table keys that are strings:
local table = {
["oranges"] = 152,
["apples"] = 127,
["potatoes"] = 4
}
print(table["apples"]) --prints 127
Square brackets can be used to find things you may not be able to without using them. another use is for picking a certain item in a table
part = workspace.my part -- This will not work
part = workspace["my part"] -- this will work
mytable = {one, two, three}
mytable[2] = "seven"
I hope this makes sense
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I'm not sure on the proper reason as to why but I have seen them used, and used them in tables for callable number names for tables, alongside getting to the child of an instance if that instance has a name with a space. I.E workspace["Roblox Headquaters"]
please see this https://scriptinghelpers.org/questions/130896/why-does-this-add-something-into-a-table-have-to-say-extra-to-post-for-the-time-element-of-y
You can use it for either finding a child or getting a poperty of an instance.