RE: Table element addressing syntax

["Curt Carpenter" <curtc@...>]

> 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