(Lua) About Table

1.table 可以用来实现 array，dictionary，object，module，package 等 。

2.table 是 Lua 中唯一使用引用传递的数据结构。

3.table 是 hash table ，底层由 C 语言的 array 和 list 实现。

4.table 中 key - value 可以是任何类型（ key 不可为nil ），table 可以拥有不同的 key（ value ）类型。

5.table 的遍历

pairs ，直到遇到 value 为 nil 停止，或完整遍历。

ipairs ，从 key 1开始，逐次累加1（1，2，3，4 ...），任一个 key 不存在，或存在但 value 为 nil 则停止，或完整遍历。

6.table 的长度

 

Functions:

table.concat (table [, sep [, start [, end]]])

table.insert (table, [pos,] value)

table.maxn (table)

table.remove (table [, pos])

table.sort (table [, comp])

Work as an array:

-- array initialization
local attributes = {"name", "age", "sex"}

-- [1] = "name" [2] = "age" [3] = "sex"

-- array add elements at the end
attributes[4] = "family"
attributes[5] = "address"
table.inset(attributes, "school")

-- [1] = "name" [2] = "age" [3] = "sex" [4] = "family" [5] = "address" [6] = "school"

-- array modify specific element
attributes[4] = "hobby"

-- [1] = "name" [2] = "age" [3] = "sex" [4] = "hobby" [5] = "address" [6] = "school"

-- array access to elements
print(attributes[1], attributes[2], attributes[3])

Work as a dictionary:

-- dictionary initialization
local statedAttributes = {
    ["name"] = true,
    ["age"] = true,
    ["sex"] = false
}

-- dictionary add elements
statedAttributes["family"] = false
statedAttributes["address"] = true

-- dictionary modify element
statedAttributes["family"] = true

Work as an object: