Get key name with key contents

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#21

would that change how it goes into the dictionary though

#22

No, thatā€™d be table.insert()

Youā€™re attempting to find if a Raceā€™s Name is not valid to the RaceData so you can change its values to them

Tables are definitely fun

#23

Yeah I used table.find() instead and it still printed ā€œ1ā€ and ā€œNumberOfRacersā€ for index,value of the RoadRace dictionary

#24

Well, somewhere in there youā€™re still referencing the square brackets if itā€™s indexing back as numbers

Could you at least show the script that handles everything?

#25

Yeah hold on.

 local RaceModule = require(game.ServerScriptService.ServerScripts.RaceModule)

 local Races = game.workspace.Races:GetChildren()

 RaceModule.InitiateRaceData(Races)

This is the server script handler.

 function RaceModule.InitiateRaceData(races)
     if RaceSettings.TimeTrialMode == false then
		for _, race in pairs(races) do
			print(table.find(RaceData,race.Name))
			if table.find(RaceData, race.Name) == nil then
         RaceData[race.Name] = {
         PlayersEnrolledInRace = {},
         RaceMax = RaceSettings.NonTimeTrialModeMaxRacerCount,
         NumberOfRacers = 0,
         PlayersReadyForRace = 0,
					StartTime = 0,
					RaceStarted = false,
         }
     end
     end
 elseif RaceSettings.TimeTrialMode == true then
		for _, race in pairs(races) do
			print(table.find(RaceData, race.Name))
			if table.find(RaceData, race.Name) == nil then
         RaceData[race.Name] = {
         PlayersEnrolledInRace = {},
         RaceMax = 1,
         NumberOfRacers = 0,
         PlayersReadyForRace = 0,
					StartTime = 0,
					RaceStarted = false
         }
     end
     end
 end
 end

This is RaceModule ^^

Note: Racesettings is another module with just settings, TimeTrialMode is on.

I also have a place in the module where this line is

				RaceData[race.Name].PlayersEnrolledInRace[tostring(_)].HasStartedRace = true

ā€œ_ā€ is the player name, it is referencing the playername in PlayersEnrolledInRace.

#26

I think I found the easiest way to describe what I need.

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

}

This is the dictionary, if i did print(Dictionary.Orange), it would print its color and numbers. what if i wanted it to print Orange

In other words, is there a name property for the key.

#27

There isnā€™t a Name property for keys/indexes, Iā€™m just lost on how to handle the situation

Youā€™ll have to loop through the table, referencing its custom index values

#28

Also, I know this is offtopic, but if you do Dictionary[ā€œhiā€] to make a new key in the dictionary, does it put it ANYWHERE in the dictionary, or in order( so at the end of the dictionary )

#29

Not exactly sure, but my assumption is that it puts it anywhere in the Dictionary since itā€™s not based on order

#30

Ah alright thank you! And thanks for the help with the loop i forgot I could loop through it

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