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How to Use Tables with if statements without going through every single comparation?
Im trying to figure out if there is any way to compare multiple values to one value using if statements. right now the only way I know how to do this takes a long time and im wondering if i can shorten the amount of code I use.
01 | local comparative = false |
02 | local table = {Box1,Box2,Box3,Box4,Box5} |
03 | for i = 1,#table do |
04 | if(NewBox.Name == table[i].Name)then |
05 | comparative = true |
06 | end |
07 | if(comparative == true)then |
08 | print("NewBox is the same as one of the old boxes") |
09 | else |
10 | print("NewBox is not the same as any of the boxes") |
11 | end |
Here is the code that I don't know if it works or not.
1 | if(slot.Name == "Box"..{1,2,3,4,5})then |
2 | print("slot is an equiping spot") |
3 | end |
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Perhaps the answer to your question's to use a dictionary? A dictionary is a table with set indexes and values, vs arrays where they have numbers for their index (to put simply). An example for a dictionary would be.
01 | local Boxes = { -- Dictionary example |
02 | ["Box1"] = true; -- `Box1` is the index, and `true` is the value for said index |
03 | ["Box2"] = true; -- etc |
04 | ["Box3"] = true; -- etc |
05 | } |
06 |
07 | if Boxes[Box.Name] then -- Checks to see if the name's in the table, and if it is... |
08 | print('Box found!') -- Print that there was! :D |
09 | else -- If not... |
10 | print('No such box found!') -- Nothing! D: |
11 | end |
Stuff touched on
Dictionaries- As the dev hub states, "a set of key/value pairs".
If you have any questions, please let me know. :) I hope this helped! :D
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Tyvm for accepting! ^^ TheeDeathCaster 2368 — 6y