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Also, someone said that pair execute faster, why?
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Pairs and ipairs differences?
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Also, someone said that pair execute faster, why?
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local t = {1,2}
t[3] = 3
t[7] = 7
t["test"] = "hello world"
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for k,v in pairs(t) do
print("t["..k.."] = "..v)
end
t[1] = 1
t[2] = 2
t[3] = 3
t[7] = 7
t[test] = hello world
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for k,v in ipairs(t) do
print("t["..k.."] = "..v)
end
t[1] = 1
t[2] = 2
t[3] = 3
They are both quite fast, with pairs being slightly faster than ipairs (if the ammount of keys iterated are the same, of course)
Anyways, a for loop is always faster.
If you are using a table that has a string index then you must use pairs, otherwise ipairs is the way to go.
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