LeftJoins with tables (removing values from tables)
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- Subject: LeftJoins with tables (removing values from tables)
- From: Clemens Wacha <clemens.wacha@...>
- Date: 2004年9月25日 14:51:09 +0000
Hello,
Very often I have collection of objects and I want to know which
objects from both collections are in common or are only in one of
them.
For this I have created the following pseudo code function that
subtracts one table from the other
-- subtracts all elements in table2 from table1
function( table1, table2)
tmp = copy of table1
for all objects in table1 do
if there is one too in table2
remove it from tmp
end
end
return tmp
end
In lua I made a deep copy of the table and tried to achieve this
using table.remove but this function sucks somehow. Since i am
removing elements from a table the index changes inside the table
and this prevents me from _efficiently_ finding the objects to
remove.
Now my question: Can I travel a table using for in Lua AND remove
objects form the same table inside the for loop?
for key, value in table do
if value == "object_to_delete" then
table.remove(table, key)
end
end
Thanks
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Clemens Wacha wacha@gmx.ch ICQ:12620942
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