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[theoriginalbit]

NDFJay, on 12 April 2013 - 03:45 AM, said:

im going all out using tables, arrays, a multitude of events, roaming profiles, dynamic timed changing desktop backgrounds, dragable icons, the whole lot

The day you start using arrays, is the day I stop helping.

[Jappards]

when i use this i get the error:
paintutils:92:attempt to get length of nil.

[Jappards]

theoriginalbit, on 12 April 2013 - 03:53 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 12 April 2013 - 03:45 AM, said:

im going all out using tables, arrays, a multitude of events, roaming profiles, dynamic timed changing desktop backgrounds, dragable icons, the whole lot

The day you start using arrays, is the day I stop helping.

i like using arrays a LOT, i use arrays in (almost) every script, so if you need some help with arrays, i could help if you want to.

[theoriginalbit]

Jappards, on 18 April 2013 - 06:03 AM, said:

i like using arrays a LOT, i use arrays in (almost) every script, so if you need some help with arrays, i could help if you want to.

No, no you don't... You use Tables, not Arrays, there is a difference. Thank you for the offer to help but I use tables several times in each and everyone of my programs and apis, and have extensive knowledge and use frequently list data structures in my everyday life.
The purpose of what I stated was to be joking and meaning "NDFJay if you are going to start using arrays in a language that doesn't have arrays, I will stop helping.".

[NDFJay]

theoriginalbit, on 18 April 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

Jappards, on 18 April 2013 - 06:03 AM, said:

i like using arrays a LOT, i use arrays in (almost) every script, so if you need some help with arrays, i could help if you want to.

No, no you don't... You use Tables, not Arrays, there is a difference. Thank you for the offer to help but I use tables several times in each and everyone of my programs and apis, and have extensive knowledge and use frequently list data structures in my everyday life.
The purpose of what I stated was to be joking and meaning "NDFJay if you are going to start using arrays in a language that doesn't have arrays, I will stop helping.".

haha ToB we could of played it off and seen how far it could go then again maybe that wouldnt of been the nicest thing to do lol

[Jappards]

OT:
if you say that arrays and tables arent the same, what is the difference between an array and a table?

[theoriginalbit]

Jappards, on 19 April 2013 - 03:47 AM, said:

if you say that arrays and tables arent the same, what is the difference between an array and a table?

Arrays | Tables
Basically if we were comparing Tables to a data structure in Java, you can think of it as a List and Dictionary implemented through use of a HashMap. An array is only index/value, tables can be index/value and key/value.

[Lyqyd]

No. Stop making silly made-up distinctions. Tables are arrays. Lua 5.1 Reference Manual:

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The type table implements associative arrays, that is, arrays that can be indexed not only with numbers, but with any value (except nil).

[Kingdaro]

Tables *can be arrays. They aren't just arrays, but dictionaries, and lua provides utiliies that allow array-like behavior.

[Lyqyd]

No, tables are arrays. They are a subset known as associative arrays.

Either way though, we're arguing over a relatively silly distinction, but the point that I wanted to make is that it's not acceptable to try to troll other members (especially newer or less experienced members) with silly distinctions between arrays and tables. This isn't middle school, guys. The post about "No, you don't use arrays, you use tables!" earlier in the thread comes across like some sixth grader that just got someone to say "Under where?" and is now being a jackass about it. Essentially, I don't care whether or not you agree with the definition of array or whether Lua's tables are or aren't arrays. I just don't want to see that kind of thing being done to newer members. That is not what this community is about.