Difference between revisions of "Keys"

Latest revision as of 17:42, 8 January 2011

Calling Pattern

Call

local r = sl.keys(arg)

Args

arg is a table

Results

r is a table of strings

Usage Example

local s = {[11]=16}
local t = { [0]='finale', alice='joker', [s]='88'}
local r = sl.keys(t)
print(r[1])
print(r[2])
print(r[3])

--> 0
    alice
    table: 0x01532f08

Description

The helper function keys returns a table of the keys found in its sole argument. The keys are converted to strings before insertion into the resultant table. If the sole argument is not a table, then an empty table is returned.

See Also

• simplelib

• exkeyvalstr

• keystr

• keyvalstr

• tabletolua