How do i insert a type of thing into a table?

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#1

I want to table.insert something that would look like this:

local table1 = {
       ["randomname"] = 1       
}

How do I insert something like that tho?
Ive tried table.insert(table, thingy1, thingy2) but thingy1 needs to be a number

#2

This is a dictionary.
table.insert only works with arrays.

You could try to do:

table1["randomname"] = 1

Hope I understood you correctly.

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#3

I basically want to insert a value.

Most of them are like

local a = {
       1,
        "ABC"
}

But I want to INSERT (I literally cannot edit an empty table, i need to INSERT) something like this:

local a = {
       ["ThisIsTheName"] = "This is the value"
}
#4

In that case you can go ahead and do

a["ThisIsTheName"] = "This is the value"

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#5

Dude, i have to INSERT a value into an EMPTY table, for a nomination system!
local Table = {}

I have to insert inside the Table a type of value! ["ThisTypeOfValueDude"] = 1
I can’t edit an empty table what do you mean.

Is there a way to table.insert into an EMPTY TABLE, something like that?

#6

Yes you can?

local t = {}
t["index"] = "value"

print(t.index) --> value

What you’re asking for is confusing. You’re asking how to insert a dictionary value, but you keep saying you can’t edit an empty table. table.insert is only for arrays, and the correct syntax, as stated twice before, is table[index] = value for dictionaries.

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#7

Thank you all for the suggestions, i found the cure myself.

#8

Use dot operator syntax when defining string keys in a table, i.e;

local t = {}
t["Key"] = math.pi
t.Key = math.pi --Preferred syntax (only valid for string keys).
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