Hi

I have a table that I add items too during gameplay. How do I reset this when I complete a level

--global or local table for the project

list = {"apple","pear","orange"}

function newLevel ()

list = {} --does this reset the table above or simply create a different local table for the function?

--code here

end

Hmm... dangerous question....

Simple answer is yes.... setting table={} will "clear" or "reset" it but.... if your table includes much more than what you have shown (In Lua a table can contain almost anything) you should take the time to remove the entries/objects within the table in order to free the memory that they use before "clearing/reseting" the table. (destroying the index for the table.)

i always declare all my variables that or not local to a function at the top of my code like this

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--functions
local fnNew, fnSetup, fnStart 
--images
local imgBG,imgMan,imgBox
--variables
local score,highscore,level,objects
 
function fnSetup()
    score,highscore,level,objects = 0,0,1,{}
end
 
fnsetup()

If it's global what I usually do when I need to clear it run a loop that removes each value:

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for i = 1, #table do table.remove(table, i) end

Declaring your variables is a good practice but.... in reguards to tables.... they can contain almost anything... and some things should be removed before you destroy the index that points to it...

hmm...

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... local object = {} object[1]= display.newimage("sample1.png") object[2]= display.newimage("sample2.png") object[3]= display.newimage("sample3.png") object[4]= display.newimage("sample4.png") object[5]= display.newimage("sample5.png") --table with objects in it :)   object = {} --last line did NOT destroy/remove those objects

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