If statement passing wrong

[Mati14677 (Mafnor)]

If statement:

  local ChunkInvoked = GetChunkRemote:InvokeServer(Chunk)
			
			if ChunkInvoked ~= nil and ChunkInvoked ~= {} then
				print(ChunkInvoked)

What prints:

[icy_oasis]

Each table has its own memory address. One empty table isn’t equal another empty table.

print({} == {})

[Mati14677 (Mafnor)]

Okay but how do i make sure the table isn’t empty?

[bytesleuth]

If it’s an array you can use the # statement to check if is empty.

[Mati14677 (Mafnor)]

It’s a dictionary

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[icy_oasis]

As bytesleuth said before me, length operator works on arrays, but not on dictionaries.

if next(dictionary) ~= nil then ... end -- at least one element

ADDITIONALLY.

If you need the exact number of elements, you can also count them in a loop. Perhaps table library will be expanded in the future to include a built-in way for counting dictionary elements.

local n = 0
for i in dictionary do
	n += 1
end
print(n)

[Mati14677 (Mafnor)]

Seems to be working now thanks.