Re: Opposite of unpack?

[Polarina <gabrielp@...>]

That method is deprecated.

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 12:12 -0400, Eduardo Ochs wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
>   pack = function (...) return arg end
> 
> Cheers,
>   Eduardo Ochs
>   http://angg.twu.net/
> 
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@arcor.de> wrote:
> > Sorry for this really simple question but at the moment I can not find the
> > answer by myself although I think it's really simple. If I have a function
> > that returns more than one value - how do I get them into a table? I need
> > something like this:
> >
> > function test()
> >  result = some table of results
> >  return unpack(result)
> > end
> >
> > local t = {}
> > t = pack(test())
> > print(t[2])
> >
> > Unfortunately there is no pack command, but I am sure it can be done
> > somehow. Please assume that I can't change the function itself, otherwise
> > the best solution would be to change the function to "return result" of
> > course ;-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
> >
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