Is Isolating A Table Value An Unnecessary Practice?

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#1

Hi there, would Practice1 or Practice2 written below be better, assuming that a table is necessary?

-- (Script Setup)
local valueInTable = {1}

-- (Practice1):
for loopQuantity = 1, 100 do
	print(valueInTable[1])
end

-- (Practice2):
local garneredTableValue = valueInTable[1]
for loopQuantity = 1, 100 do
	print(garneredTableValue)
end
#2

you can loop through the table

local valueInTable = {1}

for i,v in pairs(valueInTable) do
print(i,v) -- i is the index and v is the value
end

aswell you can turn a table into a string by table.concat as shown below :

local valueInTable = {1,2,3,4,5}
local t = table.concat(valueInTable,",")
print(t) -- 1,2,3,4,5
#3

Practice 2 is technically faster, plus it lets you give a descriptive name to the item.

Usually, the difference in performance is close to zero.