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How might I find a table with a dynamic name?
I have a variable, and a string with the variables name. Is it possible for me to find the variable with that name, through code ( dont want to use eval(), unless i have too)
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You shouldn't usually have this situation. How did this happen? BlueTaslem 18071 — 9y
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If you put those variables in a table, then you can get the variable's name through code, like so:
local Var_Table = {
A = true;
B = 20;
C = "Hello World!";
}
print(Var_Table["A"]) --prints "true"
print(Var_Table["B"]) --prints "20"
print(Var_Table["C"]) --prints "Hello World!"
Hope this helped!
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You can use the getfenv function to return the current environment in a table.
local String = "MyVariable"
local Variable = getfenv()[String]
if Variable then
print(Variable)
end
Note that in newer versions of Lua (Which Roblox does not use) you get the environment from the _ENV variable and not getfenv