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Would this work?
for i,v in pairs(_G.alive) do
table.remove(_G.alive, i)
end |
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I thought this would be an easy question.. |
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Well, because if how tables work, clearing the table is actually easy, depending on how you want it cleared.
You could reset the variable;
X = {"Hi"}
X = {}
And let the garbage collector remove {"Hi"} after a while,
However, if your using _G then you could use that above script.
However, I do not think that would reduce the size, but whatever reason you're doing this, that should not matter. |
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LacrymaJoin Date: 2010-02-15
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function clear(tab)
for k,v in pairs(tab) do
tab[k] = nil
end
end
empty tables that you add on to later will not be cleared by merely "resetting the variable" |
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@Dueling
I said the gc would collect it eventually, and besides your code might clear it, but the size of the table will not be reduced. You could overload it with a ton of nils to do this, but there's no telling how many it would take. |
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By the way, when I said the above script I meant OP lol. |
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If the table was in a while loop, and I called functions that added players to the table, would it reset the table each time the loop ran? |
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Or just use PlayerAdded... |
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It's a round loop, It runs the round if game.Players.NumPlayers >1, so would it reset the table each time the loop runs? |
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MrNicNacJoin Date: 2008-08-29
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Yes, OP, your script would work fine if all you did was add the players like:
table.insert(_G, player) |
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Saying table.remove(_G.alive, i) would work? Or would it be; table.remove(_G.alive, _G.alive[i]) |
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MrNicNacJoin Date: 2008-08-29
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Just i |
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LacrymaJoin Date: 2010-02-15
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@war
My code destroys tables within the table and dictionaries.
It's fine, tyvm. |
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@Duelling in most cases, yes, it would.
But it wouldn't reduce table size, and it would only remove the references to tables if the value inside is a table, it would not clear table values, think of using recursion for that problem.
I know of no way to reduce the table size. |
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LacrymaJoin Date: 2010-02-15
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um it's called nil(oh hey nonexistant) and gc |
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Uh yeah, what if someone made another reference, think before you script. |
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LacrymaJoin Date: 2010-02-15
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"if someone"
Why would I be thinking about others lol? |
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As long as this would work I'm fine.
for i,v in pairs(_G.alive) do
table.remove(_G.alive, i)
end |
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So you're admitting you're greedy and selfish. |
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LacrymaJoin Date: 2010-02-15
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No I am admitting that I don't steal scripts since I know what is completely going on the entire time. |
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