Re: How to return a table from a function

[Romulo Bahiense <romulo@...>]

> Return {sometable} ?

If you are willing to do it on the C side, then...

int myluafunction(luaState *L)
{
  // Creates a new table on top of the stack
  lua_newtable(L);

  /* (Ab)use of it
  lua_pushliteral(L, "bla");
  lua_pushnumber(L, 1.0);
  lua_settable(L, -3);
  */

  // Tell LuaVM how many elements in the current stack you want
  // to return to this function caller
  return 1;
}


The Lua side...

local t = myluafunction() -- assuming this is the correct name
print(t)
> table: <some random characters ;)>


ps: Sorry for any bad C/English :)

--rb