saved variables array

[bnelsonjax]

for the love of god i cant get saved variables to work correctly. what im trying to do is an array of player names in the savedvariables file.

in my .toc file i have:
## SavedVariables: QStatus, QPlayer

in my lua file in teh addons folder i have:
QPlayer[name] = {}

this thows up an error that says: attempt to index global `QPlayer' (a string value)

what am i doing wrong to make an array of names? is there any documentation that would help me?

[Sherkhan]

Try:

QPlayer = {} - Defines the array

Then
QPlayer[name] = {}

[bnelsonjax]

thanks, that worked. Now do you know how i would get it to list this way?

Raid = {
	[1] = {
		[JohnDoe] = 1123,
		[MikeJohns] = 1136,
	},
	[2] = {
		[Brad] = 0116,
		[Jim] = 0130,

the [1] = will be raid #1
the [2] will be raid #2
and those should be auto-incremented

[Johndoe] is obviously the Q_Player[name]

the =1123 is the current server time which im using:
timestamp = time();


any idea how to format it this way?

[bnelsonjax]

thanks, that worked. ok Now I have my variables listed to look like this:

Q_Player = {
	[1] = {
		["Bakstabb"] = true,
	},
	[2] = {
		["john doe"] = true,
	},
}

the [1] = will be the 1st player that whipsered me
the [2] = the 2nd player that whispered me


[Johndoe] is obviously the Q_Player[name]


so my question is what code would i use so that i could print out this list in my chat window to show:

[1] bakstabb
[2] john doe

so that it shows the chronologicall order of people that whipsered me?
im using: table.foreach(Q_Player, QMeUp_List) but its now working

[include]

hmm... why dont you just save it as
Q_Player = {
[1] = "bakstabb",
[2] = "jon doe",
}

[bnelsonjax]

What the format to make it save like that?

and if i save it liek that how do i have it print back the results so it comes back:

1. bakstabb
2. john

bottom line is i need to record the order in which they whisper me which is why im saving the chronological numbers, and i need to be able to print the results with the correct order.

[bnelsonjax]

ok i now have it formatting better. I have it looking like this:

Q_Player = {
[1] = "Doghunter",
[2] = "Bakstabb",
[3] = "brad",
}

however when i print it out, it only does this:

1
2
3


what should my code look like so when i send it to the DefaultChatFrame it would look like this:

1 Doghunter
2 Bakstabb
3 brad

thanks for the help.

[BamED]

for i, name in ipairs(Q_Player) do
  DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(i .. " " .. name)
end

[bnelsonjax]

yep that worked! thanks BamEd, now for a tough one.

How do i remove a name in the Q_Player table?
example if i type /qmu remove bakstabb what code would i use to have it remove the user bakstabb?

Thanks again for the help guys

[BamED]

-- variable 'name' contains value to remove
local i = table.foreachi(Q_Player, function(i, v) if v==name then return i end end)
if i then 
  table.remove(Q_Player, i)
end