Re: Removing holes from a list

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2015-09-26 17:44 GMT+02:00 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>:
>
> Try this:
>
> list=table.pack(1,2,3,nil,4,5,nil,nil,6,7)
>
> local n=0
> for i=1,list.n do
>         if list[i]~=ni then
>                 n=n+1
>                 list[n]=list[i]
>         end
> end
> list.n=n
>
> for k,v in ipairs(list) do print(k,v) end

This is a little like one of my solutions, but neater. Thanks.

However, #list is still 10. One needs, before resetting list.n,

for i=n+1,list.n do list[i]=nil end