RE: Table element addressing syntax
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- Subject: RE: Table element addressing syntax
- From: "Curt Carpenter" <curtc@...>
- Date: 2001年11月27日 00:58:07 -0800
Sorry, I didn't notice the recursive call (it's late).
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Prade [mailto:prade@phenomic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:37 AM
To: Curt Carpenter
Subject: RE: Table element addressing syntax
whats wrong with recursion (as in my example)?
Regards,
Peter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
> [mailto:owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br]On Behalf Of Curt Carpenter
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: Table element addressing syntax
>
>
> > untested code:
> >
> > function GetElement(table, field)
> > local pos = strfind(field,".")
> > if pos then
> > return GetElement(table[strsub(field,1,pos-1)],
> strsub(field,pos+1))
> > end
> > return table[field]
> > end
>
> That's a step in the right direction. I guess for an arbitrary field
> string, which may have any number of periods, you just iteratively get
> the next table, get the appropriate field, rinse, and repeat.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Curt