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Permalinkkong.table

Utilities for Lua tables

Permalinkkong.table.new([narr[, nrec]])

Returns a table with pre-allocated number of slots in its array and hash parts.

Parameters

• narr (number, optional): specifies the number of slots to pre-allocate in the array part.
• nrec (number, optional): specifies the number of slots to pre-allocate in the hash part.

Returns

• table the newly created table

Usage

local tab = kong.table.new(4, 4)

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Permalinkkong.table.clear(tab)

Clears a table from all of its array and hash parts entries.

Parameters

• tab (table): the table which will be cleared

Returns

• Nothing

Usage

local tab = {
  "hello",
  foo = "bar"
}

kong.table.clear(tab)

kong.log(tab[1]) -- nil
kong.log(tab.foo) -- nil

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