Next
From GiderosMobile
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)
Description
Allows a program to traverse all fields of a table.
next(table,index)
Its first argument is a table and its second argument is an index in this table. next returns the next index of the table and its associated value.
- when called with nil as its second argument, next returns an initial index and its associated value
- when called with the last index, or with nil in an empty table, next returns nil
- if the second argument is absent, then it is interpreted as nil. In particular, you can use next(t) to check whether a table is empty.
The order in which the indices are enumerated is not specified, even for numeric indices. To traverse a table in numeric order, use a numerical for or the ipairs function.
The behavior of next is undefined if, during the traversal, you assign any value to a non-existent field in the table. You may however modify existing fields, in particular, you may clear existing fields.
Parameters
table: (table) table to traverse
index: (number) previous table index optional
