Table constructors are expressions that create tables. Every time a constructor is evaluated, a new table is created. Constructors can be used to create empty tables, or to create a table and initialize some of its fields. The general syntax for constructors is 

	tableconstructor ::= `*{*` [fieldlist] `*}*`
	fieldlist ::= field {fieldsep field} [fieldsep]
	field ::= `*[*` exp `*]*` `*=*` exp | Name `*=*` exp | exp
	fieldsep ::= `*,*` | `*;*`

Each field of the form [exp1] = exp2 adds to the new table an entry with key exp1 and value exp2. A field of the form name = exp is equivalent to ["name"] = exp. Finally, fields of the form exp are equivalent to [i] = exp, where i are consecutive numerical integers, starting with 1. Fields in the other formats do not affect this counting. For example, 

     a = { [f(1)] = g; "x", "y"; x = 1, f(x), [30] = 23; 45 }

is equivalent to 

     do
       local t = {}
       t[f(1)] = g
       t[1] = "x"         -- 1st exp
       t[2] = "y"         -- 2nd exp
       t.x = 1            -- t["x"] = 1
       t[3] = f(x)        -- 3rd exp
       t[30] = 23
       t[4] = 45          -- 4th exp
       a = t
     end

If the last field in the list has the form exp and the expression is a function call or a vararg expression, then all values returned by this expression enter the list consecutively (see Function Calls). To avoid this, enclose the function call (or the vararg expression) in parentheses (see Expressions).

The field list may have an optional trailing separator, as a convenience for machine-generated code.