OpenSecurity - From table to string

[Exmax 0]

Hello, for a few last days now, I've been having hard times with lua. I'm using OpenSecurity addon, but this problem I'm having more with lua. When I use Entity Detector it returns me table with info about entities around it. I can print those with function 

for k, v in pairs(output[1]) do
  print(k, v)
end

but I don't know how to make from this table unique variable strings, so I could have checked if the entity is me or not. I know that it will probably be some easy function, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet. I'm almost beginner in Lua, so please don't kill me

Thanks

[Nexarius 18]

The variables k and v are strings.

[Exmax 0]

I don't really know how to work with it, when I want for each line and each thing in it separated variable. To explain it more, when i use this function it returns my with something like this

range  3.7132311
name   Player
locked false
uuid   dsadadasda-dasdaxas-dasdsxasa-dasdsaxsa
data   somedata

I want to get somehow, that variable name will return me string "Player"

[LightningShock 0]

Not sure if name is for the entity's type, or the name of the player. Try this:

for i, element in ipairs(output)
  print(element.name)
  print(element.uuid) -- those 2 are for debugging purposes first, you can remove them if it works.
  if element.name == "urnamehere" do  --you should use element.uuid instead
  	yourcode()
  	break
  end
 end

If player.name is not your expected output, use element.uuid and your uuid instead, which is recommended anyway.

Edited October 27, 2017 by LightningShock
fixed code

[Exmax 0]

This returns me with error "attempt to call a table value" :/

[LightningShock 0]

42 minutes ago, Exmax said:

This returns me with error "attempt to call a table value" :/

my bad, I'm new to lua's syntax and not 100% how that output table is organized, try

for i, element in ipairs(output) do

instead of the original for

[Exmax 0]

It works, thanks

[Molinko 43]

Tables are like lists. Sometimes you want and ordered list. Sometimes the order doesn't really matter logically but the categories or types of things in your list matter.

Ordered tables uses indexes(numbers) as accessors to values in a list(table). Property tables use keys(strings) as accessors to values. Take these examples.

-- # An ordered list. (table)
local groceries = {
  [1] = 'apples', [2] = 'oranges', [3] = 'cereal', [4] = 'frozen pizza'
}

print( groceries[1], groceries[3] ) -- # output:>> 'apples'		'cereal'


-- # A table with properties. Usually a good reason to use properties is so we can describe objects of our own. i.e.
local Player = {
  name = 'Molinko',
  health = 75,
  isAdmin = false,
  inventory = {
  	'pickaxe', 'golden apple', 'keyboard', 'some other items...'
  }
}

print( Player.name, Player.health ) -- # output:>> 'Molinko'	'75'

 

20 hours ago, Exmax said:

I want to get somehow, that variable name will return me string "Player"

If I'm understanding you then what you're looking for is this...

-- # Assuming the table 'output' is the object with information..
print( output.name ) -- # print the value to console.

local player_name = output.name
print( player_name ) -- # Same as 'print( output.name )'

 

[LightningShock 0]

2 hours ago, Exmax said:

It works, thanks

Good to know, so, did you stick with the name or you switched to uuid?

you might as well try changing the i variable with nil to theoretically save some memory if you are into micro-optimization like me, but I am not sure if Lua is ok with that. I would like to know if that works, please .

 

[Exmax 0]

I'm using uuid  And I've changed i to _ to save some memory. I'm using _ as nil.