[wellbeing]

I'm still struggling with this:

if i declare my topmost table outside function:

local skillzmain = {}

then, inside the function, after the skillzmain table has been populated:

if (skillzmain.sp == 2) then
		
		local dudename = skillzmain.sn
		print ("*"..dudename.."*")
			if skillzmain.dudeTable == nil then
				skillzmain.dudeTable = {}
				
				print("created skillzmain.dudeTable.")
			end
			if skillzmain.dudeTable.dudename == nil then
				skillzmain.dudeTable.dudename = {
				["ts"]=timestamp,
				["spn"]=sName,       
				["ha"]=tonumber(Amt),
				["oh"]=tonumber(Amt2),
				["cr"]=wasC,      
				["dn"]=destName,
				["rn"]=duderegnum
				}
				print("created skillzmain.dudeTable."..dudename)
			end	
	end

it doesnt seem to be saving the tables.

if i call to the function with proper variables.. the tables get created, as will be shown by the prints inside each.

if i call to it again, it creates them all again, as shown by the prints within them again.

do i need to somehow declare every subtable globally? am i not properly doing this? maybe theres a problem with how im using the variable to name the table..

lost.