Table.remove doesn't remove a specific index

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local array = {"e", 274.219, false}
array[190] = "tbd"
print(array)
table.remove(array, 190)
print(array)    --- this prints the samething as above:

▼ {
[1] = “e”,
[2] = 274.219,
[3] = false,
[190] = “tbd”
}

When i try to remove any other index beside 190, it works. I’m confused.

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If you use table.remove(array, 4), what do you get?

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it doesn’t do anything either.

4

Try using table.insert() instead, see where that gets you.
I can’t exactly get on Studio to test this stuff at the moment, sorry about the inconvenience.

5

I believe your issue is because 190 is not an increment of the previous index and thus it does not see the array as a table, but rather as a dictionary, tables are sequential arrays, meaning the indexes increase by 1, but in this case it went from 4 to 190, you’d need to either change 190 to 4 or do array[190] = nil instead

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6

This seemed to work for me.

local array = {"e", 274.219, false}
table.insert(array, 190, "tbd")
print(array)
array[190] = nil
print(array)
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@aaltUser I can set the index to 190 using table.insert(), but once again, I cannot remove it
@EmbatTheHybrid Hmm, if that’s the case then it means that I can’t set an index to a number that I want ;/.

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Yea setting it to nil does remove the index(kinda), but it doesn’t erase the index, which I must delete for my scenario.

9

You can set it to a number that you want, but in your case you cannot use things like table.insert, table.remove, and other table library functions on it as it’s not longer considered a table, you need to do it yourself such as array[190] = whatever and array[190] = nil, though for other functions you’ll need to figure out how to code yet

10

What do you mean by other functions?

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table.concat, table.clear, table.find, if you need to use those functions for an array like yours, you need to code them yourself as well

12

I see. I will mark your first post as solution for now.

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