Re: Moving key & values from one table to another

[Hercinger Viktor <hercinger.viktor@...>]

Hi!

Recusively it can be done like this:

function dup(tab)
    local res = {}

    if type(tab) ~= "table" then return tab end

    for k, v in tab do res[dup(k)] = dup(v) end

    return res
end

And it's kind of safe too :)

Chris wrote:
> Are there any tricks to insert all the keys and values of one table into 
> another?
>
> For example:
>
> t = {}
> t.a = "a"
> t.b = "b"
> t.c = "c"
>
> u = { unpack(t), d="d", e="e" }
>
> I know you can't use unpack except on numbered index values.   Is my 
> only choice a table.foreach with an insert of each value from `t' into `u'?
>
> --
> // Chris


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