Hi everyone,

I would like to call functions within a table from within a for loop. The type of loop I want to use is as follows;

for x=#enemy,1,-1 do
  enemy.restoreenemybg[x]()
end

No matter what combination I try, I just can't get it to work.

FYI - The reason I'm using this type of for loop is because I need to loop in reverse. The following version doesn't allow this.

for e in all(enemy)

I would really appreciate any help on this.

Many thanks,

I think you just got the [x] bit backwards. Try:

enemy[x].restoreenemybg()

Tried that but, unfortunately didn't work. I forgot to mention that the function requires an ID (i.e Self)

restoreenemybg=function(self)
restorespritebackground(self.xpos,self.ypos,self.bgaddr)			
end,

The error I'm getting is;

Attempt to Index Local 'Self' (A Nil value)

Found it! The notation should be as follows;

enemy[x].restoreenemybg(enemy[x])

Now the loop is working fine. Thanks for helping though.

You can call it like enemy[x]:restoreenemybg() too.