Rawset

rawset( tbl, member, value )

Write to a table member, bypassing metamethods

tbl

The table whose member to modify.

member

The member to modify.

value

The member's new value.

When creating things like class objects, one often overrides metamethods like __index and __newindex with custom code, but might then need to write directly to the table without going through those overrides. This can be done with rawset().

See also

• setmetatable()
• getmetatable()
• rawget()
• rawlen()
• rawequal()
• Metatables
• Tables
• Lua