lua: testscript.lua:37: '}' expected near '='

Question

I'm trying to replace the following lua logic:

myarray = {}
myarray.value = {}
myarray.value["my-password"] = {}
    myarray.value["my-password"].value = "12345"
    myarray.value.user.value = "11111"

with:

myarray  = {value = {user= {value="11111}, "my-password"= {value = "12345"}}}

But I keep getting the above error message. Line 37 is the line where I'm consolidating the array initialization into one line.

I can't see where the bug is. Thanks

Answer 1

When creating a new index for lua-table; you need to provide them in a square boxes:

myarray = {
    value = {
        ["my-password"] = {
            value = "12345"
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

You missed the brackets:

myarray = {value = {["my-password"] = {value = "12345"}}}
--                  ^            ^

foo.bar is the syntactic sugar of foo["bar"], the brackets can't be omitted in the latter form.