table.tostring(t, indent, s)
Arguments:
t
(table
): a table.indent
(string
): indentation for nested keys. Optional.s
(string
): accumulated string. Optional.
Returns:
- (
string
) string representation for the table
table.shuffle(t)
Arguments:
t
(table
): table to shuffle in place.
Returns:
- (
table
) shuffled table
table.equals(t1, t2)
Arguments:
t1
(table[any]
): first table.t2
(table[any]
): seoncd table.
Returns:
- (
boolean
) whether the keys and values of each table are equal
table.valuesEqual(t1, t2)
Arguments:
t1
(table[any]
): first table.t2
(table[any]
): seoncd table.
Returns:
- (
boolean
) whether the values of each table are equal, disregarding order
table.reverse(t)
Arguments:
t
(table
): table to reverse.
Returns:
- (
table
) A copy of the table, reversed.
table.contains(t, val)
Arguments:
t
(table
): table to check.val
(any
): value to check.
Returns:
- (
boolean
) whether the tabale contains the value
table.flatten(t, tab, prefix)
Flattens the table.
Arguments:
t
(table
): the table to modify.tab
(table
): where to store the results. If not given, then a new table will be used. Optional.prefix
(string
): string to use to join nested keys. Optional, Default:'__'
.
Returns:
- (
table
) flattened table
table.map(t, callback)
Applies callback
to each element in t
and returns the results in another table.
Arguments:
t
(table
): the table to modify.callback
(function
): function to apply.
Returns:
- (
table
) modified table
table.select(t, keys, forget_keys)
Selects items from table t
.
Arguments:
t
(table
): table to select from.keys
(table
): table of keys.forget_keys
(boolean
): whether to retain the keys. Optional.
Returns:
- (
table
) a table of key value pairs where the keys arekeys
and the values are corresponding values fromt
.
If forget_keys
is true
, then the returned table will have integer keys.
table.extend(t, another)
Extends the table t
with another table another
Arguments:
t
(table
): first table.another
(table
): second table.
Returns:
- (
table
) modified first table
table.combinations(input)
Returns all combinations of elements in a table.
Arguments:
input
(table[table[any]]
): a collection of lists to compute the combination for.
Returns:
- (
table[table[any]]
) combinations of the input
Example:
table.combinations{{1, 2}, {'a', 'b', 'c'}}
This returns `{{1, 'a'}, {1, 'b'}, {1, 'c'}, {2, 'a'}, {2, 'b'}, {2, 'c'}}`