Variable name

Ninjadoodle

Hi guys

I'm trying to do something like this

self.lightSwitch1 = LightSwitch.new(pack1, 0, 0, items)   local function switchTouch(target, event)   if target:hitTestPoint(event.x, event.y) then   if (target == lightSwitch1) then print('yo') end

is there a way to do this without setting a name property? (eg. lightSwitch1.name = lightSwitch1)

Thank you in advance!

Ninjadoodle

As I was posting the above, I figure it out

I was missing self. before lightSwitch1

john26

Yes, if target and self.lightSwitch1 are both tables then "target == lightSwitch1" is comparing the memory addresses of the two tables. If they are the same then it must be the same table (not just two different tables with identical contents, the test for equality does not compare contents). So this method works well. You could also add a .name field (a string) and compare that.

self.lightSwitch1 = LightSwitch.new(pack1, 0, 0, items) self.lightSwitch1.name="lightSwitch1"   local function switchTouch(target, event)   if target:hitTestPoint(event.x, event.y) then   if (target.name == "lightSwitch1") then print('yo') end end end

but I think your way is better and simpler.