Table Extensions

This module contains utility functions for table operations. All functions are registered on the global table table and can be accessed as table.example(my_table).

Functions

Name	Description
table.any_key	Returns a single unspecified key from the table.
table.append	Adds a list of values at the end of another.
table.clear	Removes all values in a table.
table.contains	Returns whether a table contains a specific value.
table.copy	Returns a shallow copy of a table.
table.count	Returns the number of (key, value) pairs in a table.
table.deserialize	Creates a table from its string representation.
table.deep_copy	Returns a deep copy of a table.
table.equals	Returns whether two tables contain the same (key, value) pairs.
table.index_of	Returns the index of a value within a list.
table.is_array	Returns whether a table is an array.
table.is_empty	Returns whether a table contains any key.
table.map	Creates a new table by applying a transformation to all values in a table.
table.merge	Creates a new table containing all (key, value) pairs from two tables.
table.overlay	Writes all the (key, value) pairs from a table into an existing table.
table.pop	Removes the last element of a list.
table.push	Adds an element at the end of a list.
table.serialize	Returns a string representation of a table.