Question

How to check if an array contains a value in Lua

Answer 1

function contains(arr, val)
	for _, n in pairs(arr) do
		if n == val then return true end
	end
	
	return false
end

arr = {3, 5, 9, 0, 1, 8, 7}

print(contains(arr, 9))

print(contains(arr, 6))




--[[
run:

true
false

--]]

 

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