Using a for loop to create multiple tables

[TJ_Tigger]

I am trying to create a for loop to create multiple tables with an incremental index name. I am not thinking straight tonight so the solution eludes me.

for x = 1,10 do
mytable..x = {}
end

That is one of the things I tried but AMS gave me a hard time about the syntax.
Syntax Error: [Location="Intro:Button3", Event "On Click", Line=2]
Error Detail: [`=' expected near `..'] in [mytable .. x = {}]

Any suggestions?

[Stefan_M]

did you try

for x = 1,10 do
mytable[x] = {}
end


Stefan

[TJ_Tigger]

Thanks Stefan,

I was tired and a little under the weather and could not articulate my question very well. I am able to create one table in the fashion you provided, but what I was trying to do was create dynamically 10 different tables like such

mytable1
mytable2
mytable3
mytable4
mytable5
mytable6
mytable7
mytable8
mytable9
mytable10

I am parsing out a text file that has multiple entries and I was hoping to create multiple tables from one file that were numbered incrementally. Will continue to plug away when I have time today.

Tigg

[Worm]

Just a thought, but you could create one table with each row of the table being another table.

Thanks Stefan,

I was tired and a little under the weather and could not articulate my question very well. I am able to create one table in the fashion you provided, but what I was trying to do was create dynamically 10 different tables like such

mytable1
mytable2
mytable3
mytable4
mytable5
mytable6
mytable7
mytable8
mytable9
mytable10

I am parsing out a text file that has multiple entries and I was hoping to create multiple tables from one file that were numbered incrementally. Will continue to plug away when I have time today.

Tigg

[Stefan_M]

Extreme programming:

generat a table.lua file

for x = 1,10 do
text="mytable"..x.." = {}"
TextFile.WriteFromString(...text...)
end


load the table.lua file with
dofile(table.lua)


Stefan