Lua puts of variable name instead of variable value in table

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Hello guys i am trying to add Divisions to a game but there is a problem with tables, do you guys know how to solve this?

local divisonName = result3[i].name
print(divisonName)
ESX.Divisions[result3[i].owner].divisonName = {}

it's the code it should get division name and create a table with that like this (we assume divisonName gonna return swat for example):

["police"] = {
    ["swat"] = {
        },
    },

but instead of putting division name as SWAT it will put divisionName variable i already print that divisionName variable and console return me SWAT so everything is fine with logic and value of variable but i guess there it's syntax issue i am not sure! Console Debug image

Vlad · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-26 17:55:47Z

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Note that in Lua the construct some_table.field is a syntactic sugar for some_table["field"]. Whatever is written after the dot will be treated as a string key.

In your case, to index by the value stored in the variable, you need to write ESX.Divisions[result3[i].owner][divisonName], and not as .divisionName.

answered Dec 26, 2019 at 17:55

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