Returning a table inside a table by finding a "child"

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#1

Here’s my problem,
I don’t know how to get a table inside a table but I want to get it by finding a string Inside
It’s hard to explain.
here is a part of my module

Valentine = {
					items = { 
						{
							name = "Eternal", 
							image = { 1425549223, 1425549531}, 
							type = "Divine", 
						},

I want to get the image table by finding the name
in a simplie way, i want to go back to items and get the image table after getting the name

local item_name = module.sections["Knife Skins"].gifts.Valentine.items[msg[3]]
local images = item_name. <-Parent-> .image
#2 
local items = module.sections["Knife Skins"].gifts.Valentine.items
local itemName = items[msg[3]]
local images = items.image
#3

doesnt work, because of the table have multiple things

#4

could you post the whole table maybe that would help and maybe explain what you are exactly trying to fetch. what I can tell so far is that you’re either trying to get a specific ID or are converting a table to an unpack tuple. but I don’t really know what you’re saying lol

#5

didnt know that it was an array

also, looking back, the example code you gave wouldn’t work either?

item_name would be the item, not the name, which implies that image would just be item_name.image???

and why would you want to use an array in the first place? a dictionary sounds more suitable for this kind of purpose where you’re defining each item

furthermore, what you’re asking is impractical, why do you need to go backwards to find a sibling element when you can simply just store the reference itself?

#6

also the order of a table isn’t random when you don’t supply an index (maybe you already knew this) and you can just iterate through them

I wrote something that I think is what you’re looking for.

local foo = {
	[1] = {0, 1},
	[2] = 0
}

for i, v in pairs(foo) do
	if typeof(v) == 'table' then
		table.foreach(v, print) -- will print the numbers in order
	elseif typeof(v) == 'number' then
		print(v) -- will print the number
	end
end

edit: but if you’re looking for that number you just save the i variable when you figure out wether it’s a table or a number

#7

Just iterate through the valentines dictionary then find the items table and find a sub table with the name being what you need

local targetName = "Eternal"

local function GetTableByName(name)
   for index, val in pairs(Valentine) do
      if typeof(val) == "table" then
         for _, tbl in ipairs(val) do
            if tbl.name == name then
               return tbl
            end
         end
      end
   end
end

local tblInfo = GetTableByName(targetName)
print(
   tblInfo.name,
   tblInfo.image,
   tblInfo.type
)
#8

I will just redo my tables from scratch, sorry yall for the time wasted