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Determine whether x belongs to y array

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Gpan (4 posts) Bio

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Tue 12 Jan 2021 05:10 AM (UTC)

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x = apple Y = {apple|pear} Z={sword|blade}

if X belongs to Y, then return Y

one function like this: if Y[X] then return Y.

i wanna know is there a packaged func can do the same thing

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Posted by Fiendish USA (2,533 posts) Bio Global Moderator

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Reply #1 on Tue 12 Jan 2021 08:02 AM (UTC)

Amended on Tue 12 Jan 2021 08:07 AM (UTC) by Fiendish

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Set X and Y like this:


X = "apple"
Y = {
 ["apple"]=true,
 ["pear"]=true,
}

Then Y[X] will be true if X is a key in Y and nil if not.

Then you can use something like

(Y[X] and Y)

That will equal Y if X is in Y, otherwise it will equal nil.

Or if you want it in function form, what you had is almost complete:


X = "apple"
Y = {
 ["apple"]=true,
 ["pear"]=true,
}

function a_if_b_in_a(a, b)
   if a[b] then return a end
end

result = a_if_b_in_a(Y, X)
same_result = (Y[X] and Y)

https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage

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