Function that removes a respective array from a toExecute table upon completion

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#1 
init = function(input) 
  print("init took ",input)  
  --something to remove it from toExecute
end

toExecute = { 
	{init,"foobar"}
    {init,"barfoo"}
}

while true do wait(.3) -- this should only print foobar and barfoo each once
    for i,v in ipairs(toExecute) do
	print(i,v)
	v[1](v[2])
   end
end

I think I could use self, but I’m not sure how. I can manage this by passing an additional reference parameter, but that feels so backwards and just wrong imo. that I hope there’s a better way.

#2

this will work better

local toExecute = {
	"foobar";
    "barfoo";
}

local function init(input, num)
	print(input)
	table.remove(toExecute, num)
end

while wait(0.3) do
    for i,v in pairs(toExecute) do
		init(v, i)
   end
end
#3

The init function is a placeholder for something arbitrarily more complex. Though thank you for the attempt. I’d appreciate a PM as to why this was not obvious also.

#4

Are you trying to remove the execution from the array after it executes? You could probably use the return for that. The execution will return nil, and any index in a table with a nil value is considered to not exist.

while true do wait(.3) -- this should only print foobar and barfoo each once
    for i,v in ipairs(toExecute) do
	    print(i,v)
	    v = v[1](v[2])
    end
end
#5

Could you explain your problem in more detail please.

#6

Can’t you just do

toExecute[i] = nil;
#7

upon completion would place this at the end of the arbitrary init function. So you’d need to pass the i as a parameter into the function so it would know what it’s a part of. This is the way I know I could do, that just makes me feel I could do it better.

If you meant having that externally, I’m sure it would always execute at the start of the function. Possibly a weird custom event ended could extend this, but that’s also a wonky behavior imo especially with its complexity.