Array and plugin functions

[msu]

Hello!
Is it possible to pass an array to a plugin function?
Can a plugin function also return an array to Hollywood?

A simple C ++ example would be nice.

Greetings, Michael

[airsoftsoftwair]

Sure, this is possible, e.g something like this.

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static int MyFunc(lua_State *L)
{
	int n, done;
	
	for(n = 0, done = 0; !done; n++) {	
		lua_rawgeti(L, 1, n);
		if(lua_isnil(L, -1)) done = 1; else printf("Value at index %d is %.14g\n", n, lua_tonumber(L, -1));	
		lua_pop(L, 1);
	}
	
	return 0;
}

MyFunc() expects a table containing only numbers (in linear order) in argument 1. It will print all those numbers to the console.

[msu]

How do I declare lua_isnil, lua_tonumber, lua_pop in the C++ Header?

They do not seem to belong to LuaBase.

It was easy with lua_rawgeti.
The following entry in the header worked:

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#define lua_rawgeti hwcl->LuaBase->lua_rawgeti

[airsoftsoftwair]

lua_tonumber() is part of LuaBase. The other two are macros and are defined like this in Lua 5.0.2:

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#define lua_isnil(L,n)          (lua_type(L,n) == LUA_TNIL)
#define lua_pop(L,n)            lua_settop(L, -(n)-1)

Be careful to use Lua 5.0.2 when importing macros because that's what Hollywood uses. Newer versions can be incompatible with 5.0.2.