every programming language has it’s best way of implementing things. Looking at my rather standard/basic implementarion of this ‘every one with everyone in both ways’ I would like to know if there is a best Lua way for this?
flubs ={1,2,3,4,5}
max = (#flubs*(#flubs-1))
print(max)
c = 1 -- only for loopcount
for i=1, #flubs do
local k = i + 1
for y = 1, #flubs-1 do
if (k>#flubs) then k=1 end
print(c .. ": " .. flubs[i] .. " - " .. flubs[k])
k = k + 1
c = c + 1 -- only for loopcount
end
end
I’m not sure there’s any special Lua way, but I would have just done this
flubs ={1,2,3,4,5}
max = (#flubs*(#flubs-1))
print(max)
for i=1, #flubs do
for k = 1, #flubs do
if (i~=k) then print(c .. ": " .. flubs[i] .. " - " .. flubs[k]) end
end
end
If you want to use more lua functionality instead of just two simple loops, you could do something like this. It’s not more efficient, just looks nicer when you actually use it:
function mypairs(t)
return coroutine.wrap(function()
local c = 1
for i = 1, #t do
for j = 1, #t do
if t[i] ~= t[j] then
coroutine.yield(c, t[i]..t[j])
c = c + 1
end
end
end
end)
end
flubs = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
for i, v in mypairs(flubs) do print(i..":", v) end
Lua lacks functionality other languages have that make things like this look more elegant, but that doesn’t mean two for loops are less efficient than a call to a complex library function.
Nahhh, I think I’ll stick with Ignatzs’ version Nice and small and I understood it directly. Yours looks very interesting though, with some unknown things I’ll have to check. ‘coroutine.wrap’ and ‘.yield’. Thanks for giving me learning material.
Nice and small and I understood it directly. Yours looks very interesting though, with some unknown things I’ll have to check. ‘coroutine.wrap’ and ‘.yield’. Thanks for giving me learning material.