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These functions provide general purpose, keyed tables. A table must be declared with the table function before it can be used.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| void table(table_v) | Table creates and returns an empty table. Its parameter is a variable. Every table must be declared in this way. Table can also be used to make an existing table empty, though this causes a memory leak. |
| void insert(table, string, any) | Insert adds an object and its key to a table. Its first parameter is a table; the second parameter is the object's key; and the third parameter is the object itself. The key must be a string and the object can be any value. If there already is an object in the table with that key, the old object is replaced with the new. |
| any lookup(table, string) | Lookup retrieves an object from a table. Its first parameter is a table, and the second parameter is the object's key. The function returns the object with that key from the table; if there is no such object, null is returned. |
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