RE: table constructors

[virgil@... (Virgil Smith)]

>From what I can tell you are trying to declare/name sub-tables ahead of time
and you don't need to do that...

your code...

temp = {"a", "b"}
temp["a"] = {"a" = 0, "b" = 2}
temp["b"] = {"a" = 1, "b" = 0}

results in a table with the following entries (Key --> Value)
1 --> "a"
2 --> "b"
"a" --> {"a" --> 0, "b" --> 2}
"b" --> {"a" --> 1, "b" --> 0}

I think the briefest expression of what you wanted is...

temp = { a = {a = 0, b = 2}, b = {a = 1, b = 0} }

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Subject: table constructors


I'm trying to construct a 2d associative array like this

temp = {"a", "b"}
temp["a"] = {"a" = 0, "b" = 2}
temp["b"] = {"a" = 1, "b" = 0}

What's wrong with the syntax? I'm trying to achieve this..

temp = {"a", "b"}

temp["a"] = {}
temp["a"]["a"] = 0
temp["a"]["b"] = 2

temp["b"] = {}
temp["b"]["a"] = 1
temp["b"]["b"] = 0

thanks