Defining a table and then trying to call it's values using a string variable

Question

I am having a few issues with tables and calling some values from them. Here is what I mean:

cartable = {"Car1", "Car2"}

table = "cartable"

for i = 1, #table do
print(table[i])
end

This is a very simplified version of my issue, but that is basically it. How can I use a string (must be using a string) to set a variable as a table?

Yu Hao · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-31 00:38:23Z

1

If it's a global variable like in your example, you can use _G[table] to access the variable with the name of that string.

for i = 1, #(_G[table]) do
     print(_G[table][i])
end

answered Mar 31, 2014 at 0:38

Yu Hao

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