COMMUNITY QUESTION

I have problems using the unpack() function, could someone help me out?

Asked Jul 6, 2019286 views2 answers

lol = {"a", "b"}

if unpack(lol) == "a b" then
	print("yep")
end

It never prints "yep", what is the reason behind that?

AnonymousJul 6, 2019Edited Jul 6, 2019

my dude. just unpack into a table then compare via an in-depth function

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

2 answers

You can't compare tuples, much less like that. I highly suggest you go read up on how Tuples work.

 t = {"a","b"}

if unpack(t) == "a" and "b" then
    print('yep')
    end

"a b" would be considered as one element. thats the problem

wrong

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

works fine for me. i don't know why you downvoted

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

I downvoted because it's wrong. Try it with t = {'a', 'b'} but don't change your condition

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

It will (incorrectly) print 'yep'

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

I wrote t={'a','b'} by accident but I meant t={'a', 'c'}

AnonymousJul 6, 2019#

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