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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-06-28 22:41:26 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-06-28 22:41:26 +0200
commita1f9f8666ed3a462eb8a518e78418c57dc41bbd4 (patch)
treede92931b3cc7d3a9399c872447789c753f005d33 /runtime
parentb7a78f7a6713f07d2fcad0b27dea22925c7b1cdf (diff)
downloadvim-git-a1f9f8666ed3a462eb8a518e78418c57dc41bbd4.tar.gz
patch 8.2.1081: Lua: cannot use table.insert() and table.remove()v8.2.1081
Problem: Lua: cannot use table.insert() and table.remove(). Solution: Add the list functions. (Prabir Shrestha, closes #6353)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/if_lua.txt16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/if_lua.txt b/runtime/doc/if_lua.txt
index f32be7c37..214179641 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/if_lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/if_lua.txt
@@ -227,8 +227,17 @@ Properties
in Vim.
o "l[k]" returns the k-th item in "l"; "l" is one-indexed, as in Lua.
To modify the k-th item, simply do "l[k] = newitem"; in
- particular, "l[k] = nil" removes the k-th item from "l".
+ particular, "l[k] = nil" removes the k-th item from "l". Item can
+ be added to the end of the list by "l[#l + 1] = newitem"
o "l()" returns an iterator for "l".
+ o "table.insert(l, newitem)" inserts an item at the end of the list.
+ (only Lua 5.3 and later)
+ o "table.insert(l, position, newitem)" inserts an item at the
+ specified position. "position" is one-indexed. (only Lua 5.3 and
+ later)
+ o "table.remove(l, position)" removes an item at the specified
+ position. "position" is one-indexed.
+
Methods
-------
@@ -246,8 +255,11 @@ Examples:
:lua l[1] = nil -- remove first item
:lua l:insert(true, 1)
:lua print(l, #l, l[1], l[2])
+ :lua l[#l + 1] = 'value'
+ :lua table.insert(l, 100)
+ :lua table.insert(l, 2, 200)
+ :lua table.remove(l, 1)
:lua for item in l() do print(item) end
-<
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4. Dict userdata *lua-dict*