tContains()

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This function is implemented in FrameXML/UIParent.lua.

Returns whether a value is contained in the array portion of the table.

exists = tContains(table, value)

Arguments

table

Table - table to search.

value

Any - value to find in the array portion of the specified table

Returns

exists

Flag - 1 if the array portion of the table (sequential integer keys ascending from 1) contains the specified value, nil otherwise.

Implementation

function tContains(table, item)
       local index = 1;
       while table[index] do
               if ( item == table[index] ) then
                       return 1;
               end
               index = index + 1;
       end
       return nil;
end

Example

lotus = { "pink", "pretty" };
print(tContains( lotus, "yummy" )) -- false