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.

(table) = rawset(table,key,value)

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

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
-- ...