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Frame iteration question

Hello, I have a question on frame iteration and LUA scope (I am quite new to LUA). What I want to do is make a function that creates a bunch of child frames that connect to the parent frame and shoves them in a table but I haven't been able to make my attempts work. The reason I'd like to have a table is so that I can then iterate over them easily and change attributes.

Code below:

Code:

 

local frame = createframe('frame', 'frame', UIPARENT)

local frameCache = {}





local function = frameInit(name, x)

--make movable, allow mouse interaction, call makeMiniFrame x number of times



--relevent portion

   for i = 1, x, 1 do

      makeMiniFrame("frame" .. i, frame)

      table.insert(frameCache, "frame" .. i)

   end

end



local makeMiniFrame, otherFrameFunction

do

   makeMiniFrame = function(name, parent)

      local f = CreateFrame('Frame', name, parent)

      otherFrameFunction()

      return f

   end



   otherFrameFunction = function(name)

      if name then

         f = name

      end

      f: --dostuff to frame

   return f

end



--REGISTER EVENTS

Is this the correct way of approaching this or am I completely off base?

Function names are case sensitive so for starters you need

Code:

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "myframename", UIParent)

Secondly you can store your frames in a table for easy iteration but frames are tables themselves.
So you could just as well store the references to the children on the parent frame.

Code:

for i=1,5 do

  frame.children = frame.children or {}

  frame.children[i] = CreateFrame("Frame", "child"..i, frame) -- or your custom frame creation function

end



for _,child in ipairs(frame.children) do

  -- manipulate the child frame

end

Okay, that seemed to clear up the problem. Thanks!