Re: calling a function who's name is stored in a lua table

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 12/01/2010 11:50, sean farrow wrote:
> The keys are numbers, the values in this case are the names of functions
> I wish to call.
>
> Now if I know the value of the number of the function in the table I
> wish to call (x) how can I call this without iterating through the
> table—essentially is there a way of finding a value in a table given
> it’s key?

local value = AtcActions[key]
:)

> Once I have the value as a string, how do I invoke the function in the
> same script file with the values name?

_G[value]()

_G is the table of global identifiers, and by default functions are global entities.

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