How Do I Reference An Object Inside A Table Before It's Been Declared?

[L3thalDuck]

I would like to reference different room objects before they have been added to a table so that all objects are kind of interconnected.

Roblox will not allow me to do so and I was wondering if there was a way/work around that any of you have come up with.

Here is my code right now:

local Room = require(script.Room)

local Rooms = {}

Rooms.emptyRoom = Room.new(game.ReplicatedStorage.Rooms.EmptyRoom, {["left"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["right"] = {Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["front"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["back"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallRight}})
Rooms.roomWallLeft = Room.new(game.ReplicatedStorage.Rooms.RoomWallLeft, {["left"] = nil, ["right"] = {Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["front"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["back"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallRight}})
Rooms.roomWallRight = Room.new(game.ReplicatedStorage.Rooms.RoomWallRight, {["left"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["right"] = nil, ["front"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["back"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallRight}})
Rooms.roomWallFront = Room.new(game.ReplicatedStorage.Rooms.RoomWallFront, {["left"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["right"] = {Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["front"] = nil, ["back"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallRight}})
Rooms.roomWallBack = Room.new(game.ReplicatedStorage.Rooms.RoomWallBack, {["left"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["right"] = {Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallFront, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["front"] = {Rooms.roomWallLeft, Rooms.roomWallRight, Rooms.roomWallBack}, ["back"] = nil})

return Rooms

The room is a pseudo class using a module script since luau doesn’t provide classes normally.

[Uhsleep91]

You can’t reference values within a table before the table has been fully initialized. You have to do what you’re currently doing. Just make sure you initialize everything in the correct order.

[NoDripDylan1 (Dylan)]

you must declare it first as it doesnt exist

[L3thalDuck]

I think I’ve figured out the solution. I’ll first declare the objects and then add a method to the Room class which allows me to change the connections so that I can declare the rooms first then their connections.