Converts a Lua table into a list. Assumes that the table is correctly ordered.

iex> Lua.Table.as_list([{1, "a"}, {2, "b"}, {3, "c"}])
["a", "b", "c"]copy

To ensure the list is ordered, you can pass the :sort option

iex> Lua.Table.as_list([{2, "b"}, {1, "a"}, {3, "c"}])
["b", "a", "c"]

iex> Lua.Table.as_list([{2, "b"}, {1, "a"}, {3, "c"}], sort: true)
["a", "b", "c"]copy

Converts a Lua table into a map

iex> Lua.Table.as_map([{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}])
%{"a" => 1, "b" => 2}copy

Converts a Lua table into a string representing a Lua table literal

iex> Lua.Table.as_string([{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}])
"{a = 1, b = 2}"copy

Lists that "look" like Lua tables are treated as lists

iex> Lua.Table.as_string([{1, "foo"}, {2, "bar"}])
~S[{"foo", "bar"}]copy

Lists are treated as lists

iex> Lua.Table.as_string(["a", "b", "c"])
~S[{"a", "b", "c"}]copy

Regular maps are always treated as tables

iex> Lua.Table.as_string(%{1 => "foo", "bar" => "baz"})
~S<{[1] = "foo", bar = "baz"}>copy

Options

• :formatter - A 2-arity function used to format values before serialization. The key and value are passed as arguments. If there is no key, it will default to nil.

Converts a Lua table into more "native" feeling lists and maps, deeply traversing any sub-tables.

It uses the heuristic that maps with integer keys starting as 1 will be auto-cast into lists

iex> Lua.Table.deep_cast([{"a", 1}, {"b", [{1, 3}, {2, 4}]}])
%{"a" => 1, "b" => [3, 4]}copy