Reference class by name

Holonist

Hi,

How do I store the name of a class in a variable?

For example I have a class called "Hit".

The player object has the following attribute:
self.skill = Hit

Calling player.skill.new() doesn't work.

I need to store what kind of skill the player has, but don't want to initialize it right away.

Can I store classes in an associative table? I can't imagine how this would look, but it would solve my problem by something like skills[player.skill].new()

ar2rsawseen

Hello @Holonist

it should have worked the way you stated, saving class in a variable.

Example that works for me:

Hit = Core.class()   function Hit:init() print("hitting") end   local test = Hit   test.new()

prints hitting

hgy29

Calling player.skill.new() should have worked, and yes you should be able to store classes in associative tables. There are no such things as 'classes' in lua, every complex type in lua is a table, so would you are trying to do should defintely work.
When you say 'doesn't work', what happens exactly ?

Holonist

I have two classes which need a skill attribute. Fighter and player. Player basically hands its values to fighter, so the battle action can happen without altering the players permanent stats.

I actually forgot to add skill to fighter (who then uses it). Therefore it said "try to access a nil value". Kind of a dumb mistake, but thanks for your both responses, saved a lot of wondering on my side!

Tl;dr: lua ftw