Re: Inserting a key and value into a dictionary

[david herviou <herviou@...>]

Richard Simes wrote:

> -- create a new table
> t = {"cat", "dog", 1, 2}
>
> t[5] = "hello" -- adds a new string at index 5
>
> t["key"] = "value" -- adds a value with a string key
>
> or, a shorthand of this is:
>
> t.key = "value"
Just for reminder (and very important!):
>=#t
5
Even if t.key has been added
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html  --> 2.5.5 - The Length Operator

dh

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