How do I got a certain table string by number

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#1

So basically, I had an idea of setting up game updates list using module scripts, but the problem is I cannot find out how to print it out, it returns nil

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printing:

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(gameupdates[1].Description doesn’t work aswell)

If you can help me, holler at me down in the replies

#2

Dictionary keys are the strings you assign it to. To index that element, you’d have to do
[gamupdates["8-28-2021"] → {…}

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#3

No, I will make it automatic, I want it to print out the first 5 strings, so I don’t have to bother a lot. that’s why I did [1]

#4

That is because the key is not 1, it is [“8-28-2021”]. If you try printing gameupdates[“8-28-2021”], it will print the description.

If you wanted to order the updates so it shows the most recent it could be like:

local gameupdates = {
    {date = "8-28-2021",
     description = "2.0 Release!"},
    {date = "7-28-2021",
     description = "1.9 Release!"},

indexing 1 would give the most recent update

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#5

So how do I print it out, the same way I did it?

#6 
for key, entry in next, gameupdates do
    print(key)
    print(value.Description)
end

For loops also work differently with dictionaries.

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#7 
for i =1, 5 do
    if gameupdates[i] then print(gameupdates[i]) end
end

also, change the date variable name since that is reserved, my bad I forgot.

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#8

I don’t think you understand what I’m trying to achieve, basically I did [1] so it gets the first string in the table, later on i will add 5 lists to add onto the gui which is the work i’ll do later

#9

Ah, then @scripted_pj’s solution should work for you.

#10

This works great, appreciate it