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== Calling Convention ==
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== Calling Pattern ==
 
Call
 
Call
 
  local r = sl.keys(arg)
 
  local r = sl.keys(arg)

Revision as of 16:07, 2 November 2010

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