Re: Q: accessing lua table from "c"

["goldomyer" <lmyers11@...>]

--- In lua-l@y..., "Danilo Tuler de Oliveira" <tuler@t...> wrote:
> 
> t = {f="f1", s="s1"}                         -- t is a table
> t = {{f="f1", s="s1"}, {f="f2", s="s2"}}     -- t is a vector of 
tables
> t = {{f="f1", s="s1"}}                       -- t is a vector with 
a single
> table
> 
> If you want to support the #2 and #3 here is a code snippet.
> 
> 
> const char *LuaGetTable(char *item)
> {
>   const char *s = NULL;
>   lua_pushstring(S, item);
>   lua_gettable(S, -2);
>   if (lua_isstring(S, -1))
>   {
>     s = lua_tostring(S, -1);
>   }
>   lua_pop(S, 1);
>   return s;
> }
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 
>   lua_getglobal(S, "t");
>   if (lua_istable(S, -1))
>   {
>     int i;
>     int n = lua_getn(S, -1);
>     for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
>     {
>       lua_rawgeti(S, -1, i);
>       printf("t.f = %s\n", LuaGetTable("f"));
>       printf("t.s = %s\n\n", LuaGetTable("s"));
>       lua_pop(S, 1);
>     }
>   }
> 
> -- Danilo

Thank you very much ... that worked perfectly :)

joe