Tableex Library

The tableex library exposes more functions to the built-in Lua table library.

The following functions are exposed by this library:

table table.copy(t);

• Parameters
  • t - Creates a deep copy of the given table.
• Returns
  • The copied table.

table table.count(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to count.
• Returns
  • The number of entries in the given table.

boolean table.haskey(t, key);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to look within.
  • key - The key to look for.
• Returns
  • True if found, false otherwise.

boolean table.hasvalue(t, val);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to look within.
  • val - The value to look for.
• Returns
  • True if found, false otherwise.

table table.merge(src, dest);

• Parameters
  • src - The source table to merge.
  • desc - The destination table to merge into.
• Returns
  • The new table.

table table.Nil(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to nil out.
• Returns
  • The nil'd table.

table table.reverse(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to reverse.
• Returns
  • The reversed table.

table table.sortbykey(t, desc);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to sort.
  • desc - Boolean to sort descending or not.
• Returns
  • The sorted table.

number table.sum(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to get the sum of.
• Returns
  • The sum of the values in the table.

number table.mult(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to get the sum of.
• Returns
  • The sum of the values in the table.

number table.min(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to get the minimum value of.
• Returns
  • The minimum value.

number table.max(t);

• Parameters
  • t - The table to get the maximum value of.
• Returns
  • The maximum value.