Unequal status of 2 same tables

cos00kun

t1={1,2}
t2={1,2}

if t1 == t2 then 
   print(" yes t1 table aquel t2 table")
end

Why are the 2 tables not equal?

Samir

In Lua you can't compare directly tables values as their are references. See [Login to see the link]

cos00kun

obviously I knew the tables were working by reference. Even if they are just references, I thought they could be equal because the two separate tables are the same. 🤔
actually to the code;

print(t1)
print(t2)

result when we add:
table: 0000000002611970
table: 00000000026112f0

I should have known by that. Of course, the situation is different when it comes to reference.

Samir

Yes if you want to compare table content you need to iterate and compare each key/value with the other table.