Check if variable is table

Published: 2017-09-05 12:04:06 +0000
Categories: LUA,

Language

LUA

Description

Simple conditional to check whether a given variable is a table (as opposed to a string or integer) in LUA

Snippet

if (type(elem) == "table") then
    print("Is a table")
else
    print("Is not a table")
end

Keywords

table, check, type,

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