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Hi, How do I merge two lua tables? I believe that table.merge or table.merged should do the trick, but I cannot figure out how to use them. ``` local t1 = { 1, 2 } local t2 = { 8, 9 } local m1 = {} table.merge(m1,t1, t2) table.print(m1) local m2 = table.merged(t1, t2) table.print(m2) ``` Processing the file with context filename shows that both m1 and m2 are {8, 9}. What am I missing. Thanks, Aditya
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
How do I merge two lua tables? I believe that table.merge or table.merged should do the trick, but I cannot figure out how to use them.
``` local t1 = { 1, 2 } local t2 = { 8, 9 }
local m1 = {} table.merge(m1,t1, t2) table.print(m1)
local m2 = table.merged(t1, t2) table.print(m2) ```
Processing the file with context filename shows that both m1 and m2 are {8, 9}. What am I missing.
Looking at the code, I see what is happening. table.merge(d) assume that the tables are key-value tables so the keys of the first table are silently overwritten by the send. I guess, I'll have to write my own function to merge "array" tables. Aditya
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Hi,
I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables alike
(but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or not,
append if it is and overwrite if it isn't.
This function just ignores non-table arguments because that is what I
usually want. You may want to throw an error instead. Also it uses
table.pack. You might need to use `tab = {...}` and ipairs, or implement
pack:
``````lua
local function pack (...)
return { n = select('#', ...), ... }
end
``````
Den mån 29 aug. 2022 14:32Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
How do I merge two lua tables? I believe that table.merge or table.merged should do the trick, but I cannot figure out how to use them.
``` local t1 = { 1, 2 } local t2 = { 8, 9 }
local m1 = {} table.merge(m1,t1, t2) table.print(m1)
local m2 = table.merged(t1, t2) table.print(m2) ```
Processing the file with context filename shows that both m1 and m2 are {8, 9}. What am I missing.
Looking at the code, I see what is happening. table.merge(d) assume that the tables are key-value tables so the keys of the first table are silently overwritten by the send. I guess, I'll have to write my own function to merge "array" tables.
Aditya
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On 8/29/2022 7:33 PM, BPJ via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables alike (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or not, append if it is and overwrite if it isn't.
This function just ignores non-table arguments because that is what I usually want. You may want to throw an error instead. Also it uses table.pack. You might need to use `tab = {...}` and ipairs, or implement pack: I might add table.himerged (hash and index) but slightly different (and some 30% faster) to util-tab but i think merging mixed hash/indexed
you really want something like this then: local tab = table.pack(...) local rv = {} tables is rare. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Den mån 29 aug. 2022 20:13Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 8/29/2022 7:33 PM, BPJ via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables alike (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or not, append if it is and overwrite if it isn't.
you really want something like this then:
local tab = table.pack(...) local rv = {}
Thanks. I was manually translating from MoonScript (https://moonscript.org) where variables are local by default.
This function just ignores non-table arguments because that is what I usually want. You may want to throw an error instead. Also it uses table.pack. You might need to use `tab = {...}` and ipairs, or implement pack: I might add table.himerged (hash and index) but slightly different (and some 30% faster) to util-tab but i think merging mixed hash/indexed tables is rare.
Hans
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Come to think of it you may also want to check that numeric indices are
indeed positive integers before appending their value. I usually don't
because their not being so is rare.
Den tis 30 aug. 2022 10:56BPJ
Den mån 29 aug. 2022 20:13Hans Hagen via ntg-context
skrev: On 8/29/2022 7:33 PM, BPJ via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables alike (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or not, append if it is and overwrite if it isn't.
you really want something like this then:
local tab = table.pack(...) local rv = {}
Thanks. I was manually translating from MoonScript (https://moonscript.org) where variables are local by default.
This function just ignores non-table arguments because that is what I usually want. You may want to throw an error instead. Also it uses table.pack. You might need to use `tab = {...}` and ipairs, or implement pack: I might add table.himerged (hash and index) but slightly different (and some 30% faster) to util-tab but i think merging mixed hash/indexed tables is rare.
Hans
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Hi,
How do I merge two lua tables? I believe that table.merge or table.merged should do the trick, but I cannot figure out how to use them.
``` local t1 = { 1, 2 } local t2 = { 8, 9 }
local m1 = {} table.merge(m1,t1, t2) table.print(m1)
local m2 = table.merged(t1, t2) table.print(m2) ```
Processing the file with context filename shows that both m1 and m2 are {8, 9}. What am I missing.
On 8/29/2022 2:20 PM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: table.imerge(m1,t1, t2) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
Hi,
How do I merge two lua tables? I believe that table.merge or table.merged should do the trick, but I cannot figure out how to use them.
``` local t1 = { 1, 2 } local t2 = { 8, 9 }
local m1 = {} table.merge(m1,t1, t2) table.print(m1)
local m2 = table.merged(t1, t2) table.print(m2) ```
Processing the file with context filename shows that both m1 and m2 are {8, 9}. What am I missing.
On 8/29/2022 2:20 PM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: table.imerge(m1,t1, t2)
Ah, thanks! Aditya
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