Difference between revisions of "Pairs"

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will iterate over any key pairs (indexed or associative) even with nil values.
 
will iterate over any key pairs (indexed or associative) even with nil values.
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(function), (table), (nil) = pairs(t)
 
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Revision as of 14:30, 13 July 2023

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Returns three values: an iterator function, the table t, and nil, so that the construction:

for i,v in pairs(t) do body end

will iterate over any key pairs (indexed or associative) even with nil values. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (function), (table), (nil) = pairs(t) </source>

Parameters

t: (table) table to iterate

Return values

Returns (function) iterator function
Returns (table) provided table
Returns (nil) nil value