Structures

[Sheeva700]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a initialise Multi-dimensional structure (table ?) with Hollywood.
simple example to be short.

AdresseBook.Name[1] = "John"
AdresseBook.Name[2] = "Michael"
...
...

Can somebody help me ?

Thanks.

[Bugala]

Before you can assign stuff to tables, you have to create them first. There are two ways to do that:

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mytable[1] = "myvalue"

wont work since there is no mytable existing yet, and hence mytable[1] cannot be accessed.

way 1:

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mytable = {}
mytable[1] = "myvalue"

FIrst empty mytable was created, then to index spot 1 value "myvalue" was assigned, this works fine.

way 2:

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mytable = {  [1] =  "myvalue"   }

This one works as well. Now you are at same time creating the table, as well as telling what should be at index spot 1.


By knowing this you can now get on to multidimensional table:

wrong way:

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mytable = {[1] = "myvalue" }
mytable[1][2] = "myvalue"

wont work since mytable[1] is value, not a table. To be able to use mytable[1] as a table, and then being able to access mytable[1][2], you first need to make it as a table.

Another wrong way:

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mytable[1] = {}
mytable[1][2] = "myvalue"

You thought you are making mytable[1] as a table, but it wont work, since you are trying to make a table under a non existing table, you first need to make mytale before you can make mytable[1]


first way:

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mytable = {}
mytable[1] = {}
mytable[1][2] = "myvalue"

works. Now you first made mytable, and under mytable index spot [1] you made another table. Therefore you were able to put to index spot [2] of this new table a value "myvalue".

second way:

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mytable = { [1] = { [2] = "myvalue" } }

easier to read version:

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mytable = {
                           [1] = { [2] = "myvalue" }
                         }

These two are identical from hollywoods point of view.
In these two, you are both creating mytable as well as mytable[1] and putting "myvalue" at index spot [2] of mytables subtable[1].


This can naturally continue as far as you want:

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mytable = {}
mytable[1] = {}
mytable[1][2] = {}
mytable[1][2][3] = {}

works.

Just remember not to skip:

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mytable={}
mytable[1]= {}
mytable[1][2][3][4] = {}

wont work because tables mytable[1][2] and mytable[1][2][3] dont exist yet.


Notice also, that if you have more index spots with subtables, they all need to be created:

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mytable = {}
mytable[1] = {}
mytable[2] = {}
mytable[3] = {}
mytable[2][5] = "myvalue"
mytable[4][1] = "mysecondvalue"

"myvalue" is assigned correctly, since mytable[2] exists and it is now assigned to index spot 5 "myvalue" value.
"mysecondvalue" doesnt work, since it is trying to access mytable[4] table, which doesnt exist, as mytables were only made up to 3 index spots.

[Bugala]

And to add example of what you were asking:

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AddressBook={}
AddressBook.name={}
AddressBook.name[1] = "John"
AddressBook.name[2] = "Michael"

[Sheeva700]

Thanks guy. i will try that.

[Juan Carlos]

Hollywood needs a good example with a program to use tables, dates like for example a little and easy diary the code uses to help for our projects for all systems no using MUI libs

[Sheeva700]

Working Perfectly. thanks.

[Juan Carlos]

And you get save the dates in a file?