Rawset
From GiderosMobile
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)
Description
Sets the real value of table[index] to value, without invoking any metamethod. table must be a table, index any value different from nil, and value any Lua value. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (table) = rawset(table,key,value) </source>
Parameters
table: (table) table to set the value to
key: (any) key of the table to set the value to
value: (any) value to store in the table
Return values
Returns (table) provided table
Example
Generate variable names <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> for i = 1, 10 do rawset(_G, "item"..i, "I am "..i) end print(item1) -- I am 1 print(item2) -- I am 2 print(item3) -- I am 3 -- ... </source>
