Inserting a key and value into a dictionary

[Graham Henstridge <graham@...>]

Hi

As a relative new comer  to Lua, an unexpected difficulty I have  
encountered is in inserting a key and value into an existing dictionary.

The table.insert method does the trick for  an indexed value but not  
for a string key. This need seems fundamental, so is there a simple  
solution that I have missed?

Thank you for any help.

Graham
Email: Graham@Capgo.com