table.equals

Returns whether two tables contain the same (key, value) pairs. This is a shallow comparison, using the == operator on all keys and values.

Usage

table.equals(table_a, table_b)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
`table_a`	`table`	First table to compare.
`table_b`	`table`	Second table to compare.

Returns

Name	Type	Description
`equal`	`boolean`	True if the two tables have the same `(key, value)` pairs, false otherwise.

Examples

local hp_values = { dragon = 200, human = 50, bat = 10 };
local also_hp_values = { human = 50, dragon = 200, bat = 10 };
local different = { human = 780, dragon = -90, bat = 0 };
print(table.equals(hp_values, also_hp_values)); -- Prints "true"
print(table.equals(hp_values, different)); -- Prints "false"