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Resetting a table in Lua?

 
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Dr.Disrespect
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:02 pm    Post subject: Resetting a table in Lua? Reply with quote

Say, if I have a table
Code:

table = {}


Is there a method like "table.clear()" in Lua to clear all the data in a table? Or do I have to do it manually, which means iterating through the whole table?

Thanks. Smile

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What if I do this? Will it cause memory leak?
Code:

table = {}

function test1()
   local t = {1,2}
   table = t
end

function test2()
   local t = {3,1}
   table = t
end


If I call "test1()" then "test2()", the data in "table" should be "3" and "1", right? If so, is there any memory leak? Is "table" only a pointer or not?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:07 pm    Post subject: This post has 1 review(s) Reply with quote

table={} will clear all fields inside it. (basically it assigns a new empty table to that variable}
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Byte wrote:
table={} will clear all fields inside it. (basically it assigns a new empty table to that variable}


Thanks a lot, DB. Smile

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