Is there a way to separate the values in a table?

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#1

How could I achieve this:

if #myTable == 2 then
	local Rod = Instance.new("RodConstraint")
	for i, v in myTable do
		Rod.Attachment0 = ?
		Rod.Attachment1 = ?
	end
end

What if my table looks like this?
image
Thanks!

#2

try doing:

Rod.Attachment0 = myTable[1]
Rod.Attachment1 = myTable[2]

or

local Index = 0
for _, Attachment in pairs(myTable) do
	Index += 1
	
	if Index == 1 then
		Rod.Attachment0 = Attachment
	elseif Index == 2 then
		Rod.Attachment1 = Attachment
	end
end
#3

sadly, my table doesn’t have an index. print(i) returns an instance
image

image

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#4

you can still make an Index by doing the following:

local Index = 1
for i, v in AttachmentArrowsTable do
	--// your code here

	Index += 1
end

just make sure the Index gets increased at the bottom of the loop.
try doing that and let me know if it works or not.

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#5

isn’t that what my code already does? I just used attachment1 as the index :stuck_out_tongue:

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#6

oh, I guess you’re right.
Also, what was the problem with your code, again?

Since from what I see, it looks like your code is working?

#7

it is working… but I feel like it could be much simpler and better lol
but if it’s already as good as it can get, that’s fine too :grin:

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#8

I mean, if it works it works :person_shrugging:

#9

what are you trying to do? what you have works fine lol

#10

I’d like it to be simpler and more optimized

#11

Can you show me how your table is formed? Its a key-value pair (dictionary) with the instances as the key - but whats the value?

#12 
local AttachmentArrowsTable = {}

local function addAttachment(part)
     if part:FindFirstChildOfClass("Attachment") then
          AttachmentArrowsTable[part] = AttachmentArrows:Clone()
     end
end

mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
     addAttachment(mouse.Target)
end)

Here’s how the part that is the mouse.Target looks like:
image
Thanks!

#13

So what is attachmentarrows? The part you’re trying to weld?

#14

By any means, it doesn’t seem like you’re using the values - atleast not from what I can see. Try changing to a regular table, at which point you can use table.unpack() to separate the values.

Furthermore, you can create a table of your Dictionary Keys by using a function as follows

local function TableFromDict(D)
    local t = {}
    for k,_ in pairs(D) do
         table.insert(t,k)
    end
    return t
end
#15

The weld constraint basically holds the part to the frontweight. Let me just grad a video for you real quick. I think you’ll get what the attachment arrows are there for:

#16

yep, this is perfect, thank you!
also, thank you for being so quick, it’s 3 am for me and I really want to sleep lol

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#17

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