How to iterate through a table properly?

Here's how you iterate through a table quickly (there no 'proper' way in this situation):

1.

Here's the simplest way - but this only works on arrays (tables that only use numbers to index their values). Every iteration it adds 1 to i, which it then uses to get the value 'saved' to the number (this number is called the index). For example, using the table inside the below code, Value is saved to the number 1 and OtherValue is saved to the number 2.

local Array = {Value,OtherValue}

for i = 1,#Array do
    local Value = Array[i]
    if Value == Player.Name then
        -- do stuff
    end
end

2.

This is my preferred way - it also has many variations, but this is roughly how it works (and it does work for any type of table).

local Table = {Value,OtherValue}

for Index,Value in pairs(Table) do
    if Value == Player.Name then
        -- do stuff
    end
end

3.

You can iterate through a table with the two other loops, also (while and repeat). Both of these loops only work with arrays in the way I coded them.

local Array = {}
local Index = 0

while Index < #Array do
    Index = Index + 1
    local Value = Array[Index]
end

local Array = {}
local Index = 0

repeat
    Index = Index + 1
    local Value = Array[Index]
until Index == #Array

Hope I helped!

~TDP

local Tab = {Water,Earth,Fire,Air};


for i,v in pairs (Tab) do --iterates through everything in the table (i is the key, v is the value inside)
    if Player.Value == v then 
        Value.Value = v; --values have a .Value property so make sure you're setting the value
        Value.Parent = Player.Character
    end;
end;