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[Alienhead]

I'm trying to create a list of tables or a table label variable.
What is the format to do the following, and is it even possible.

console = {}
console[1].data = "a string"
console.data[1] = "a string"

I need to be able to index the table by the number but I also need multiple data per indexed entry.

console = {}
console[1].data = "a string"
console[1].data2 = "a string"
console.data[2] = "a string"
console[2].data2 = "a string"

I know both the above syntax do not work, but my question is - is there anyway or proper format to attempt to do what I've descibed above?

Thank you.

 

[Herly Quijano]

Do you know that the table is the variable "console" and not its childs?, but you can't do:

console[1] = something

Because console[1] is not a table, in fact, is not anything, the correct would be:

console = {}
console[1] = {}
console[1].data = "a string"
-- Or
console = {{}} -- a table stored at [1] in console
console[1].data = "a string"
-- Or
console = {{data = "a string"}}

Same case with your other example:

console = {data = {"a string"}} -- The final result of console.data[1] = "a string"