Table within a table

Solar2D Lua Language
#1

Can I do this?

myTable1 = {}

myTable2 = {}

myTable3 = {}

object1 = display.newImageRect(etc)

table.insert(myTable2, object1)

table.insert(myTable1, myTable2)

Basically I want to a bunch of objects to different tables so they can have different properties and functions, etc BUT I want to be able to access them from table 1 as well, just for general commands like moving x or y positions based on the position of the screen. Is this possible or is there any other way of going about this?

Thank you guys!

#2

Yes, is the answer.  Though, there is probably a cleaner way to achieve what you’re after.

Cheers.

#3

Sure, lua is flexible enough for this. But you may want to organize your table by using the hash part of lua tables:

myTable2.object = object1 myTable1.object\_container = myTable2

FYI: table.insert() inserts the object into the array part of the table.

#4

Yes, is the answer.  Though, there is probably a cleaner way to achieve what you’re after.

Cheers.

#5

Sure, lua is flexible enough for this. But you may want to organize your table by using the hash part of lua tables:

myTable2.object = object1 myTable1.object\_container = myTable2

FYI: table.insert() inserts the object into the array part of the table.