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 			if string.find(key, ">") ~= nil then			-- If key is actually a path of keys,
 				local node = heroData           			-- starting with the biggest node heroData,
-				for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do	-- iterate over each key,
+				for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do	-- iterate over each key, separating by ">",
-					_node = node[k]							-- progressing down each node in the path,
+					if node[k] ~= nil then					-- trying the key as a string e.g. "1",
-					if _node == nil then					-- trying the numeric index if the string
+						node = node[k]
-						_node = node[tonumber(k)]			-- index fails.
+					else									-- else using the key as numeric,
-					end
+						node = node[tonumber(k)]
-					node = _node
+					end										-- drilling down the JSON node after node
 				end
-				out[key] = node
+				out[key] = node								-- until outputting the final node
 			else
 				out[key] = heroData[key]

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