Giving Table Values

[BlueNova]

So I just wanted to know if it's possible to give the values of a table, all of them that is.

If I remember correctly I don't think this will work.

Code: Lua

1. weapons = { "weapon_physgun", "weapon_rpg" }
2.  
3. ply:Give( weapons )

Fairly confident that wouldn't work so is there a way to give all the values in a table or no? Thanks

[MrPresident]

You need to iterate through the table.

Code: Lua

1. local weapons = { "weapon_physgun", "weapon_rpg" }
2.  
3. for k, v in pairs( weapons ) do
4.    ply:Give( v )
5. end
6.  

[BlueNova]

Heh, now I'm ashamed for not seeing something that obvious. Thnx

[iViscosity]

Alternatively, you could iterate through it differently:

Code: Lua

1. local weapons = { "weapon_physgun", "weapon_rpg" }
2.  
3. for i = 1, #weapons do
4.     ply:Give( weapons[ i ] )
5. end
6.  

But to be honest, I use pairs more often, especially if the keys aren't numeric or in order.

[BlueNova]

Thing is the first answer didn't work, forgot that ply:Give() wants a string value not a table value. I'll play with using numbers, etc until I get somewhere.

[MrPresident]

my method would have worked. It shouldn't return a table value.

v in the case of a k,v pairs loop would return the value inside the table.. which in the case of the example provided would be a string.

[MrPresident]

Example console output:

lua_run local testtab = { "test1", "test2" } for k, v in pairs( testtab ) do print(v) end
       
test1
test2