Re: pairs(t, skey) and ipairs(t, skey)

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Paul K <paulclinger@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I was looking for a way to find if there are any keys in the hash part
> of a table without iterating the table and realized that I can use
> "next" to give me the answer as it accepts a starting key:
> 
> next(t, #t) returns the first key in the hash part (if any).

Do you *really* mean "keys in the hash part" or do you mean "non-numeric keys", because the two are not necessarily the same (and I don't mean just negative numeric keys).

--Tim