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local outData = {} | local outData = {} | ||
for i, heroData in ipairs(inGameHeroData) do -- Iterate over each hero | for i, heroData in ipairs(inGameHeroData) do -- Iterate over each hero | ||
local out = {} | local out = {} -- First creating a table to hold data | ||
for j, key in pairs(args) do | for j, key in pairs(args) do -- Iterate over each key: | ||
if string.find(key, ">") ~= nil then -- If key is actually a path of keys, | if string.find(key, ">") ~= nil then -- If the key is actually a path of keys, | ||
local node = heroData -- | local node = heroData -- start with the biggest node heroData, and | ||
for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do -- iterate over each key, | for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do -- iterate over each key, splitting on ">", | ||
if node[k] ~= nil then -- trying the key as a string e.g. "1", | if node[k] ~= nil then -- trying the key as a string e.g. "1", | ||
node = node[k] | node = node[k] | ||
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out[key] = node -- until outputting the final node | out[key] = node -- until outputting the final node | ||
else | else | ||
out[key] = heroData[key] | out[key] = heroData[key] -- or just grab the data if not a path | ||
end | end | ||
end | end | ||
outData[heroData["Name"]] = out | outData[heroData["Name"]] = out -- Save data in the big table of heroes | ||
end | end | ||
return(outData) | return(outData) | ||