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Native Lua statement:
{{wowlua}}
 
Returns an iterator triple that allows for loops to iterate over all key/value pairs in a table.
Used in loop constructs to iterate through the values of a table, with index being anything.
iteratorFunc, table, startState = pairs(table);
 
Example:


== Example ==
  local random_array = { mug = "coffee", [42] = "universe", testboolean = false }
  local random_array = { mug = "coffee", [42] = "universe", testboolean = false }
   
   
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   mug : coffee
   mug : coffee
   42 : universe
   42 : universe
   true : false
   testboolean : false


would be output to the chat window.
would be output to the chat window.
{{LUA}}

Latest revision as of 04:46, 15 August 2023

WoW Lua

Returns an iterator triple that allows for loops to iterate over all key/value pairs in a table.

iteratorFunc, table, startState = pairs(table);

Example[edit]

local random_array = { mug = "coffee", [42] = "universe", testboolean = false }

for index,value in pairs(random_array) do 
  if (type(index) == "number") then
     index = tostring(index)
  elseif (type(index) == "boolean") then
    if (index) then
      index = "true"
    else
      index = "false"
    end
  end
  DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(index.." : "..value)
end

Result:

 mug : coffee
 42 : universe
 testboolean : false

would be output to the chat window.