Learn the best practices for writing code in LUA
structured data
, use tables with named keys
for better performance
, readability
, and maintainability
Arrays are good
for lists of simple values, but tables are better
for complex structured data
examples
to demonstrate faster data retrieval using tables versus arrays faster
than arrays for data lookups because they use a hash map internally, providing constant time lookups, making them much more efficient
, especially for larger datasets
slower in lookups
due to linear time complexity , as they require looping through each element
until the value is found
for i
loops are generally faster than ipairs
or pairs
only arrays work with ipairs or for i loopsnamed keys
in tables to improve readability
, clarity
, and performance
easier understanding
of what each field represents, and they also enable faster lookups
harder to read and maintain
, and lookups are slower
, especially as the size of the data grows.