Inserting a value inside an inserted value in a table

[ldkbro01 (TheSlayer)]

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

1. What do you want to achieve?
   I want to insert a value inside an inserted valued
2. What is the issue?

local matches = {}
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local val = 1

table.insert(matches, plr)
table.insert(matches[plr], val)

output returns an error
3. What solutions have you tried so far?
tried to search up in google, got no results related to this topic.

[WizardAnt637101 (WizardAnt)]

You should be able to just write matches[plr] = val.

[RobloxIsMeVN (Khim)]

try this :
matches[plr] = {
val = 1
}
or
matches[plr] = val

[ldkbro01 (TheSlayer)]

Does it simply replaces the plr value with val? I’m trying to put the val inside a plr value not replace.

[WizardAnt637101 (WizardAnt)]

No, the plr variable will stay the same. Check out this page for an explanation of dictionaries.

[Uniquedummie (unique)]

The table.insert property inserts the value onto an array

local matches ={
[1]= plr
}

so your table[plr] would return nil

if you do

matches[plr] ={}

table.insert(matches[plr],val)

this would work since now matches[plr] has a value and is not nil

this would also work

matches[plr] ={val}

would automatically put it an array so the outcome will be

local matches = {
 [plr] = {
       [1] = val
    }
}

[ldkbro01 (TheSlayer)]

[s1mple66645 (null)]

-- Try this
local table = {}
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
table.insert(matches,plr)
table.insert(table.find(matches, plr), val)

[neweve2323 (block)]

You can’t access LocalPlayer in a server script, change that to local script and put it inside StarterGui or anywhere the local script can run
The script isn’t correct, change line 7 to table.insert(table[plr], val)

[ldkbro01 (TheSlayer)]

Yea right my bad, I forgot I’m sorry.