Adding an array to the end of another

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• pac

  November 2018 Posts: 216

  Sorry if code above is bad it remove the white space I put in sorry
• Bri_G

  November 2018 Posts: 1,958

  @pac - you can assign a variable to the size of array 1 using sz = Array1. Then you can append array 2 using table.insert with sz+ a loop counter. If you post a little code we can make more pointed suggestions.
• dave1707 Mod

  November 2018 Posts: 8,783

  @pac If you want to add one table to the end of another, try this.

  function setup()
      -- create 2 tables
      tab1={1,2,3,4,5}
      tab2={6,7,8,9,10}
  
      -- add table 2 to the end of table 1
      for z=1,#tab2 do    
          table.insert(tab1,tab2[z])
      end
  
      -- print table 1
      print(table.concat(tab1," "))
  end
  
• pac

  November 2018 Posts: 216

  Thanks guys I will try those two things
• Bri_G

  November 2018 Posts: 1,958

  @pac - please read the reference for table.insert. Without specifying it new table entries are appended. The full syntax is table.insert(tab1,pos,value) where value, in your case is tab2[z] and pos defaults to #tab1+1. As each entry is inserted #tab1 is automatically incremented so #tab1+1 always points to the next table entry point ie to append the next value in the table.
• pac

  November 2018 Posts: 216

  Thanks guys I got it working now.