Concated variable name?

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Simple question: How do I create a concated variable name. Is this possible?:

local currentDoorNumber = 32
local "door" .. currentDoorNumber = "isClosed"
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No, that isn’t possible (MIGHT be possible with getfenv and setfenv, but I never used those functions before), and there shouldn’t be a reason to ever need it. What are you trying to achieve by doing this?

3

Theres probably a simpler solution as to what your trying to do

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5

I am trying to save multiple variables in a for loop, each getting assigned to a specific iteration, giving their status.

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I am trying to set the name of the variable to "door32" by concating "door" and currentDoorNumber

7

Well I can understand what you are trying to do, I dont believe its possible to concatenate variable names.

And I believe what you want to do is check the doors and check if they are closed or not, for this you can do a dictionary with each door name like this:

local doors = {}
doors["door1"] = false --Closed
doors["door2"] = true --Open
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You could just use a table to store all those values, like this:

for index, Door in pairs(Doors) do
    DoorOpenedInfo[index] = "isClosed"
end
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I think you didnt understand whats hes saying, he wants to name a VARIABLE a concatenated string.
I dont believe thats possible.

11

Yeah, it’s object orientation time!

12

You are right, it is not possible to name a variable a string, however he could use a value instance

13

Thats not actually a object orientation but you can use it to make it more interesting to use.

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local ["Apple" .. " Sauce"] = 64