Searching in the app

Questions
1

Hi! How can I create an searching function in an app?

2

Searching what?

3

I’m creating a periodic table and have a menu for each element. And I want to create a function where you can search for the elements

4

And I’ve done the elements in functions like this:

board={
    {"H",1,w5,h80,w10,h88,Hydrogen,5,1.0079,"Hydrogen",-259,-253,0.0899,2.1,1766},--kg/m
    {"He",2,w90,h80,w95,h88,Helium,3,4.0026,"Helium","Never solidifies at standard pressure",-269,0.178,"-",1895},
    {"Li",3,w5,h72,w10,h80,Lithium,1,6.941,"Lithium",180.54,1342,0.534,1.0,1817}
}
5

Something like this.

function searchElements(searchTarget)
for i,element in ipairs(board) do
  for _,v in ipairs(element) do
    if string.find(tostring(v), searchTarget) then return element end
  end
end
end
6

How can I get up the keyboard and search for the element?

7

Search the forum for examples using function keyboard

8

Try reading the Reference link at top, it has stuff on the keyboard

9

If you have a periodic table as a menu that shows all the elements, why do you need to search for the elements.

10

I guess the periodic table might only show the abbreviated names

11

@pontus712 Add another button to your table that takes you to a screen that lists the element in alphabetical order and shows their abbreviation.