Chose table out of expression?

ImNiklas

Hi,
I'm working on a new project where I will need to have alot of tables. I'm wondering if there's a way to select which table to use based of an expression. Is it? I'm pretty sure it isn't, but I wanted to double-check here with you guys just to be sure. I know I can use rules for it, but since I have 100+ tables, the amount of rules feels kind of unnecessary.

Thanks in advanced!

Braydon_SFX

You have 100+ tables? I'm pretty sure the cap is 50.

Can you elaborate on your question.

@ImNiklas‌ said: I'm wondering if there's a way to select which table to use based of an expression.

tatiang

As @Braydon_SFX said, it would be helpful to know your reason for needing 100+ tables.

To cut down on the complexity of rules, consider combining tables when possible. So for example if you had 10 rows for each level of a game and you needed 200 levels, instead of having 200 tables, you could have each level use an index row value. Level 1 would be rows 1-10, Level 2 would be rows 11-20, Level 3 would be rows 21-30, etc. and your index (starting) row would be calculated by (Level-1)*10+1.

ImNiklas

@Braydon_SFX said:
You have 100+ tables? I'm pretty sure the cap is 50.

Can you elaborate on your question.

@tatiang said:
As Braydon_SFX said, it would be helpful to know your reason for needing 100+ tables.

To cut down on the complexity of rules, consider combining tables when possible. So for example if you had 10 rows for each level of a game and you needed 200 levels, instead of having 200 tables, you could have each level use an index row value. Level 1 would be rows 1-10, Level 2 would be rows 11-20, Level 3 would be rows 21-30, etc. and your index (starting) row would be calculated by (Level-1)*10+1.

What I'm using the tables for is not important for the question. My question is if it is possible to chose a table from an expression, the same way as you for example can chose image for an actor with:

Change Attribute self.image to "Image"..game.number

Is that possible?

tatiang

Fair enough. The reason I asked is because sometimes there's a way to simplify or merge table data to allow for much easier coding. But to answer your question: no, there isn't a way to select a table using an expression.

ImNiklas

@tatiang said:
Fair enough. The reason I asked is because sometimes there's a way to simplify or merge table data to allow for much easier coding. But to answer your question: no, there isn't a way to select a table using an expression.

Thanks anyways. I'd prefer to have alot of tables since I will constantly be updating them with more rows. I can use a different version of your method, but then I would instead need alot of colmuns. How many is possible in each table?

tatiang

@ImNiklas said:
I would instead need alot of colmuns. How many is possible in each table?

I don't recall. I know I've used around 500 without issues.