Only insert true values into a table

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#1

Hi! So, I have a little funtion that returns a table of booleans, but I want the table to only contain true values.

	local h1, offset_h1 = (color[1] and color[2]) or (color[1] and color[3]) or (color[2] and color[3]), (color[1] and color[3])
	local h2, offset_h2 = (color[4] and color[5]) or (color[4] and color[6]) or (color[5] and color[6]), (color[4] and color[6])
	local h3, offset_h3 = (color[7] and color[8]) or (color[7] and color[9]) or (color[8] and color[9]), (color[7] and color[9])
	
	local v1, offset_v1 = (color[1] and color[4]) or (color[1] and color[7]) or (color[4] and color[7]), (color[1] and color[7])
	local v2, offset_v2 = (color[2] and color[5]) or (color[2] and color[8]) or (color[5] and color[8]), (color[2] and color[8])
	local v3, offset_v3 = (color[3] and color[3]) or (color[3] and color[9]) or (color[6] and color[9]), (color[3] and color[9])
	
	local d1, offset_d1 = (color[1] and color[5]) or (color[1] and color[9]) or (color[5] and color[9]), (color[5] and color[9])
	local d2, offset_d2 = (color[3] and color[5]) or (color[3] and color[7]) or (color[5] and color[7]), (color[3] and color[7])

You don’t have to worry about the color[index] stuff, just keep in mind that all the variables are either true, true ; true, false or false, false.

How would I make a table that looks like this:

local myTable = {
    h1 = {true, false};
}

but does not contain tables like h1 if h1[1] is false?

Any help is appreciated!

#2

I am not the master in tables, not even far, but I would try something like

if value == true then
table.insert(value)
end
#3

Okay so turns out I have found the solution.

  1. Make a dictionary like this:
  ["h1"] = {h1, offset_h1};
  1. looping through the dictionary and removing all tables where table[1] == false

I don’t know if this is the best solution to this problem but it works.

#4

This would have worked too. Thanks

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