lua table names.

[freight86]

I am kinda a lua nuub but, I want to do something like this:

number=1
If something~= nothing then
number=number+1
tbl=(tbl..number) (Basically, I want to make this be called tbl2 and the next table be calloed tbl3 and so on.)
tbl={
["a"]=ab,
["b"]=bc,
...

So, I want to know if that is possible to have a variable put into a table name to make the table unique for each if, then function.

Thanks.

[Duugu]

You mean something like this?

tbl = 	{
	["a1"] = "entry1",
	["a2"] = "entry2",
	["a3"] = "entry3",
	}

for x = 1, 3 do
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(tbl["a"..x])
end

Have you seen http://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html?

[xConStruct]

You could use sub-tables (tables inside tables):

local myTables = {}

local i = 0
if something then
    i = i + 1
    myTables[i] = {
        ["a"] = ab,
        ["b"] = bc,
    }
end

-- You can then access the table via
myTables[1] and so on

EDIT: Duugu was faster :O