I have the following table in Lua:
local a = {orszag = {"Ausztria", "Albánia", "Azerbajdzsán"}, varos = {"Ankara", "Amszterdam", "Antwerpen"}, fiu = {"Arnold", "Andor", "Albert"}, lany = {"Anna", "Anasztázia", "Amanda"}}
I would like to do the following:
for i in a["orszag"] do etc. (for example compare all the words in the value to the user input)
But when I do so I get the following: attempt to call a table value.
So I know, it works in python for example, but is it possible somehow to do this in Lua as well?
Use
for k,v in pairs(a["orszag"]) do
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Having some trouble understanding how to create a Perl hash from a DB select statement.
$sth=$dbh->prepare(qq{select authorid,titleid,title,pubyear from books});
$sth->execute() or die DBI->errstr;
while(#records=$sth->fetchrow_array()) {
%Books = (%Books,AuthorID=> $records[0]);
%Books = (%Books,TitleID=> $records[1]);
%Books = (%Books,Title=> $records[2]);
%Books = (%Books,PubYear=> $records[3]);
print qq{$records[0]\n}
print qq{\t$records[1]\n};
print qq{\t$records[2]\n};
print qq{\t$records[3]\n};
}
$sth->finish();
while(($key,$value) = each(%Books)) {
print qq{$key --> $value\n};
}
The print statements work in the first while loop, but I only get the last result in the second key,value loop.
What am I doing wrong here. I'm sure it's something simple. Many thanks.
OP needs better specify the question and do some reading on DBI module.
DBI module has a call for fetchall_hashref perhaps OP could put it to some use.
In the shown code an assignment of a record to a hash with the same keys overwrites the previous one, row after row, and the last one remains. Instead, they should be accumulated in a suitable data structure.
Since there are a fair number of rows (351 we are told) one option is a top-level array, with hashrefs for each book
my #all_books;
while (my #records = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
my %book;
#book{qw(AuthorID TitleID Title PubYear)} = #records;
push #all_books, \%book;
}
Now we have an array of books, each indexed by the four parameters.
This uses a hash slice to assign multiple key-value pairs to a hash.
Another option is a top-level hash with keys for the four book-related parameters, each having for a value an arrayref with entries from all records
my %books;
while (my #records = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
push #{$books{AuthorID}}, $records[0];
push #{$books{TitleID}}, $records[1];
...
}
Now one can go through authors/titles/etc, and readily recover the other parameters for each.
Adding some checks is always a good idea when reading from a database.
I'm new to Powershell and I'm putting together a script that will populate all variables from data stored in a Excel file. Basically to create numerous VMs.
This works fine apart from where i have a variable with multiple name/value pairs which powershell needs to be a hashtable.
As each VM will need multiple tags applying, i have a column in excel called Tags.
The data in the field would look something like: "Top = Red `n Bottom = Blue".
I'm struggling to use ConvertFrom-StringData to create the hashtable however for these tags.
If i run:
ConvertFrom-StringData $exceldata.Tags
I end up with something like:
Name Value
---- -----
Top Red `n bottom = blue
I need help please with formatting the excel field correctly so ConvertFrom-StringData properly creates the hashtable. Or a better way of achieving this.
Thanks.
Sorted it, formatted the excel field as: Dept=it;env=prod;owner=Me
Then ran the following commands. No ConvertFrom-StringData required.
$artifacts = Import-Excel -Path "C:\temp\Artifacts.xlsx" -WorkSheetname "VM"
foreach ($artifact in $artifacts) {
$inputkeyvalues = $artifact.Tags
# Create hashtable
$tags = #{}
# Split input string into pairs
$inputkeyvalues.Split(';') |ForEach-Object {
# Split each pair into key and value
$key,$value = $_.Split('=')
# Populate $tags
$tags[$key] = $value
}
}
So say I am using a form to build a query against my datasource (i've come so far in two weeks! I can do this!), how do I make it more complex?
What if I want books by austen that include the word "pride" AND books by gabaldon that contain the word "Snow"
the individual queries would be
widget.datasource.query.filters['author']._contains = "austen";
widget.datasource.query.filters['title']._contains = "pride";
and
widget.datasource.query.filters['author']._contains = "gabaldon";
widget.datasource.query.filters['title']._contains = "snow";
in pseudosql it would be
select * from table
where
((author like 'austen') and (title like 'snow'))
or
((author like 'gabaldon') and (title like 'pride'))
Is there a way to filter a data source on a complex query like this and cut out the whole widget.datasource aspect? I'd be fine with using a calculated table.
Edit: Ok i'm making some progress towards the kind of functionality I need, can anyone tell me why this works:
widget.datasource.query.filters.document_name._contains = 'x';
but this does not?
widget.datasource.query.parameters.v1 = "x";
widget.datasource.query.where = 'document_name contains :v1';
this also doesn't work:
widget.datasource.query.where = 'document_name contains "x"';
I am writing some code where I have multiple dictionaries for my data. The reason being, I have multiple core objects and multiple smaller assets and the user must be able to choose a smaller asset and have some function off in the distance run the code with the parent noted.
An example of one of the dictionaries: (I'm working in ROBLOX Lua 5.1 but the syntax for the problem should be identical)
local data = {
character = workspace.Stores.NPCs.Thom,
name = "Thom", npcId = 9,
npcDialog = workspace.Stores.NPCs.Thom.Dialog
}
local items = {
item1 = {
model = workspace.Stores.Items.Item1.Main,
npcName = "Thom",
}
}
This is my function:
local function function1(item)
if not items[item] and data[items[item[npcName]]] then return false end
end
As you can see, I try to index the dictionary using a key from another dictionary. Usually this is no problem.
local thisIsAVariable = item[item1[npcName]]
but the method I use above tries to index the data dictionary for data that is in the items dictionary.
Without a ton of local variables and clutter, is there a way to do this? I had an idea to wrap the conflicting dictionary reference in a tostring() function to separate them - would that work?
Thank you.
As I see it, your issue is that:
data[items[item[npcName]]]
is looking for data[“Thom”] ... but you do not have such a key in the data table. You have a “name” key that has a “Thom” value. You could reverse the name key and value in the data table. “Thom” = name
I can successfully retrieve data from my mongoDB instance but need to re-use the objectID for a depending query.
The following code seems to get my entire object but NOT the id. What am I missing?
# Perform a query and retrieve data
mongoOBj <- m$find('{"em": "test#test.com"}')
I realise this is an old question and OP has probably figured it out by now, but I think the answer should be
mongoOBj <- m$find(query = '{"em": "test#test.com"}', field = '{}')
instead of
mongoOBj <- m$find(query = '{"em": "test#test.com"}', field = '{"_id": 1}')
In the second case, the result will be a data frame containing ONLY the IDs. The first line will result in a data frame containing the queried data, including the IDs.
By default, field = '{"_id": 0}', meaning _id is not part of the output.
If you look at the documentation you see that the find method takes a field argument, where you specify the fields you want:
find(query = ’{}’, fields = ’{"_id" : 0}’, sort = ’{}’, skip = 0, limit = 0, handler = NULL, pagesize = NULL)
So in your case it will be something like
mongoOBj <- m$find(query = '{"em": "test#test.com"}', field = '{"_id": 1}')
FYI So the easiest way to get all fields is to do the query with field="{}". That will overwrite the default in the mongolite:: package find() arguments list.
It was driving me nuts for a little while too.