Getting defined variable from table

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#1

I’m trying to get a value from a table like this by using ‘table.find’, however it always seems to return nil.

local valuetable = {
 variableA = 25,
 variableB = 50,
 variableC = 75, 
 variableD = 100
}

local chosenvalue = table.find(valuetable, "variableC")

Is there any way I can get a number value from the table using the string?

I use a table like the one above for getting a number value from an object, say, damage it will deal. The object changes, so I check it’s name in the table to get the number value to deal damage.

For example, say I had a table like this:

local DMGValues = {
 Sword = 25,
 Knife = 10,
 Axe = 17,
 Club = 20
}

And I had the weapon that was dealing damage as a tool. I check the tool’s name in the table, get the damage value somehow and then deal damage with the chosen value.

Inshort, predefining wouldn’t help with what I’m doing.

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#2

table.find returns the index of the second argument in the table. You are using a dictionary so this isn’t necessary. Do valuetable.variableC instead .

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#3

Nevermind, I found solution:

you can do this, it works like ‘findfirstchild’ :

tablevalue["Valuename"]

or just define it like this

tablevalue.valuename
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