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[Lego Stax]

So, as the title asks, how would I access a table inside of a table? I've already looked this up and tried what I found in CC and it failed to work.
This is what I found:

local table = {
  [1] = {
	data = "stuff",
  }
}
-- The article I read stated this:
print(table[1][data])

However, that doesn't seem to work. I know for a fact that I can do this:

local ref = table[1]
print(ref.data)

But, I want to also be able to change the data variable inside of the table. So, is there something I'm doing wrong? Or, did I get misinformation? I apologize for my ignorance in advance.

[Bomb Bloke]

This:

print(table[1]["data"])

... gets the same result as this:

print(table[1].data)

... as does this:

data = "data"
print(table[1][data])

[Dog]

try

print(table[1].data)

note the dot

EDIT: 'd


EDIT2: lol - Ask a Ninja...

Edited by Dog, 18 September 2014 - 02:37 AM.

[KingofGamesYami]

The only problem you have is the fact that data is an undefined variable, so you are accessing table[ 1 ][ nil ]... which I assume do don't want to do.

local tbl = { person = { name = "Lego" } }
print( tbl.person.name )
print( tbl[ "person" ][ "name" ] )
print( tbl[ "person"].name )

Ninja'd

Edited by KingofGamesYami, 18 September 2014 - 02:34 AM.

[Lego Stax]

Thank you all so much! Man I feel stupid for dancing around the answer. Well, I guess that's what I get for being ignorant. Thank you all for your help! To be honest, I was not expecting such immediate and helpful replies. Thanks again!

[Dragon53535]

As an extra thing, for static table keys, such as the table inner inside the table outer you could do

local outer = {inner = {"hello"}}
print(outer.inner[1]) --# Output hello

Edit: Didn't realize yami showed this already, well shoot

Edited by Dragon53535, 18 September 2014 - 04:56 AM.