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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 — 10y
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If you put those variables in a table, then you can get the variable's name through code, like so:
1 | local Var_Table = { |
2 | A = true; |
3 | B = 20; |
4 | C = "Hello World!"; |
5 | } |
6 |
7 | print(Var_Table["A"]) --prints "true" |
8 | print(Var_Table["B"]) --prints "20" |
9 | 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.
1 | local String = "MyVariable" |
2 | local Variable = getfenv()[String] |
3 | if Variable then |
4 | print(Variable) |
5 | end |
Note that in newer versions of Lua (Which Roblox does not use) you get the environment from the _ENV variable and not getfenv