Re: #table oddity?

[Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@...>]

varol kaptan wrote:
> The # operator will work as expected only when the tables are
> well-formed arrays (which means that #t == n implies that values at
> indices 1 to n are NOT nil and that the value at index n+1 IS nil. In
> your case the indices are actually strings (besides the fact that they
> don't start at 1). The fact that you consider this to be an oddity
> means that you most probably need to read the manual on this issue
> very carefully.
>
> Cheers,
> Varol Kaptan
[snip original post]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

You are correct I didn't understand the operator only worked for arrays 
and not dictionaries/hashes. My bad. I understood that it only worked 
for well formed tables, but neglected the understanding that it was for 
arrays only.

As to it being an oddity. It was a question not a statement.

I was fully aware my understanding of the issue was by far the leading 
potential error.

Thanks for the lesson. It helps. And I do need to read the manual some 
more. Just trying to apply what I've learned or think I've learned in 
between readings.

Jimmie