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| ===== Lists ===== | ===== Lists ===== | ||
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| Lists are collections of data. They are similar to arrays but they do not have a fixed length. | Lists are collections of data. They are similar to arrays but they do not have a fixed length. | ||
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| ===== Tables ===== | ===== Tables ===== | ||
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| Tables are collection of named data. They are sometimes called dictionaries in other languages. | Tables are collection of named data. They are sometimes called dictionaries in other languages. | ||
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| ==== Coerce table to list ==== | ==== Coerce table to list ==== | ||
| - | It is possible to iterate over the elements in a table by coercing the table into a list. The following shows two equivalent methods to extract data from a table. | + | It is possible to iterate over the elements in a table by coercing the table into a list. The following shows two equivalent methods to extract data from a table. |
| === Example === | === Example === | ||
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| Table -> | Table -> | ||
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| Do (GetTablecount(< | Do (GetTablecount(< | ||
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| Loop | Loop | ||
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| GetTableKeys(< | GetTableKeys(< | ||