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How to insert Dictionaries into Tables?
So, I have a table that looks like this:
1 | local Mytable ={ |
2 | ["Money"] = 500, |
3 | ["Inventory"] ={ |
4 | ["Bread"] = 1, |
5 | ["Apples"] = 40, |
6 | }, |
7 | } |
So i'm trying to insert another Dictionary like this:
1 | ["Pets"] ={ |
2 | ["Dogs"] = 1, |
3 | ["Cats"] = 5, |
4 | }, |
But how would I insert that Dictionary into Mytable? I already tried :
1 | table.insert(Mytable,["Pets"] ={ |
2 | ["Dogs"] = 1, |
3 | ["Cats"] = 5, |
4 | },) |
But that didn't work... Anyone know how to do this?
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I don't believe this is possible unless you put it into the script itself. antonio6643 426 — 8y
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Great question. As you already know, table.insert() will not work with dictionaries! To add values or definitions to your table, there are 2 ways.
1st way:
1 | local Mytable ={ |
2 | ["Money"] = 500, |
3 | ["Inventory"] ={ |
4 | ["Bread"] = 1, |
5 | ["Apples"] = 40, |
6 | }, |
7 | } |
8 |
9 | Mytable.Color = "Green" |
2nd way:
1 | local Mytable ={ |
2 | ["Money"] = 500, |
3 | ["Inventory"] ={ |
4 | ["Bread"] = 1, |
5 | ["Apples"] = 40, |
6 | }, |
7 | } |
8 |
9 | Mytable['Color'] = "Green" |
Adding values to a dictionary is indexing it, which is practically the same way you define it! Hope I've helped.