table.setn
Sets the size of a table (obsolete)
Prototype
table.setn (t, n)Description
This has been removed from Lua 5.1. Attempting to call it will raise an error. The length of a table can not be set, it is implied by the highest numeric key, providing there are no gaps in the sequence of numeric keys.
Lua functions
- table.concat - Concatenates table items together into a string
- table.foreach - Applies a function to each item in a table
- table.foreachi - Applies a function to each item in a numerically-keyed table
- table.getn - Returns the size of a numerically-keyed table
- table.insert - Inserts a new item into a numerically-keyed table
- table.maxn - Returns the highest numeric key in the table
- table.remove - Removes an item from a numerically-keyed table
- table.sort - Sorts a table
Topics
- Lua LPEG library
- Lua PCRE regular expression functions
- Lua base functions
- Lua bc (big number) functions
- Lua bit manipulation functions
- Lua coroutine functions
- Lua debug functions
- Lua io functions
- Lua math functions
- Lua os functions
- Lua package functions
- Lua script extensions
- Lua string functions
- Lua syntax
- Lua table functions
- Lua utilities
- Scripting callbacks - plugins
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