Get key name with key contents

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#1

Say this is a dictionary

local dictionary = {
["Apple"] = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}
["Orange"] = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}

}

If you have the orange dictionary, so if you do print(orange) it prints color and numbers, but how would you get the name if you have orange, for example , print(orange.Name) should print orange, but thats not the way to do it, so how do you print the name of it?

#2

orange.Name isn’t an Instance though? :thinking: Bit confused on what you’re trying to accomplish here

#3

If I have the dictionary orange as a variable
so if i do print(orange), it prints the color and numbers. How would I get that the dictionary name is “Orange”, since dictionary.Name does not exist, is there another way

#4

you would replace [“orange”] with local orange

#5

i cannot do that because orange is a key in the big dictionary, i meant like if i have the orange key and its contents, how would i get the key name.

[“key”] = {
value =5
}

How do i get that it is named “key” (I know I am quite bad at explaining things so if you need more tell me

#6

you would do
local Orange = {
value = 5
}

#7

Oh I see

Loop through the main Dictionary then, printing the keys & values

local dictionary = {
["Apple"] = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}
["Orange"] = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}

}

for Index, Value in pairs(dictionary) do
    print("Name of fruit: ", Index)
    print("Values of fruit: ", Value)
end
#8

no but orange is a key in the big dictionary, so i cant make it a variable

#9

So if dictionary parameter is orange, it will print “Name of fruit: Orange”?

#10

just try this

local dictionary = {
local Apple = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}
local Orange = {
color = "red"
numbers = 5
}

}
#11

Well, if you’d want to implement specific conditional checks if the Index’s name is Orange then yes

Otherwise it’d just print both fruits in the loop

#12

Okay thank you I will try it. :smiley:

#13

Ok so it did not work, I think it’d help if I dont show you the example and show you my actual thing.

RaceData = {
["RoadRace"] = {
PlayersEnrolledInRace = {}
RaceMax = 0
NumberOfRacers = 0,
}
}

This is my main dictionary, right now I am connecting to an onserverevent that returns the RoadRace dictionary inside the RaceData dictionary, I want to get the race name (which is “RoadRace”), how do I do that?

When I used your method, it printed index as 1 and value as NumberOfRacers

#14

Ok found the issue

I believe this is because your [“RoadRace”] is encased in square brackets, if you remove those it should be referenced as a custom Index

Try this:

RaceData = {
RoadRace = {
PlayersEnrolledInRace = {}
RaceMax = 0
NumberOfRacers = 0,
}
}

for Index, Value in pairs(RaceData) do
    print("Name of fruit: ", Index)
    print("Values of fruit: ", Value)
end
#15

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this is how I added the race so how do i add it another way where it becomes the way you had it

#16

You could just simply remove the square brackets that you see inside the races table, and it should reference them as variables

#17

so do

Local name = Race.Name

if RaceData.name ~= nil then

and then to add it do RaceData.NewRace = {}?

#18

I mean this

There’s a variable that’s called races in your script, which holds a table of all the info you want to search for

You don’t need to change anything inside your loop

#19

races is a group in workspace that has all the races grouped so in races there is “RoadRace” group model
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#20

Maybe try replacing RaceData[race.Name] with table.find(RaceData, race.Name) instead?