How to insert a key w/ a value in a table using table.insert

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#1

This is just a quick question. I’ve looked around for a while and surprisingly enough I haven’t found how to do this.
How do I instance a value like the following into a table using table.insert:

local tableExample = {
   ["Name1"] = 42
   ["Name2"] = 15
}

I understand the basics of table.insert but not sure how to add this type of value.

table.insert(tableExample, 1, ??)
#2

tableExample["Name1"] = Value?

You can index tables by name, or by their numerical position. It is not recommended to mix the two.

#3

Well, I’m trying to make a global leaderboard table with the key being the player’s id and the subvalue being the total amount donated. Am I going about this the right way?

#4

You don’t need to do use table.insert, simply setting the index of the table to that value would be your solution!

local leaderboards = {}

leaderboards[player.UserId] = 69

print(leaderboards[player.UserId]) —prints 69
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#5

It seems like a good way to approach it. Though my main concern regarding that would be gaps in the table, as I imagine you wouldn’t have too many userIds in conjunction with each other. I believe using pairs() to go through the table and using someTable[tostring(userId)] would be a solution to that.

Reference: Lua Tutorial => Avoiding gaps in tables used as arrays

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