API tContains

Returns whether a value is contained in the array portion of the table. exists = tContains(table, value)

Arguments

 * table : Table - table to search.
 * value : Any - value to find in the array portion of the specified table

Returns

 * exists : Flag - 1 if the array portion of the table (sequential integer keys ascending from 1) contains the specified value, nil otherwise.

Implementation
function tContains(table, item) local index = 1; while table[index] do               if ( item == table[index] ) then return 1; end index = index + 1; end return nil; end

Example
lotus = { "pink", "pretty" }; print(tContains( lotus, "yummy" )) -- false