Lua Using a loop in a table, but getting nil value

[Xikini]

Alright.. so basically a quick question.

How do I do the thing I'm trying to do? xD

I want to use lists to print 1,3,5,7

But no matter what I try, it can't find what I'm looking for..
presumably because lists[n] is making it look somewhere else.

I'm just stuck.. xD

local config = {
    [1111] = {
        [1] = {
            [1] = {
                list1 = {{1, 11}, {2, 22}},
                list2 = {{3, 33}, {4, 44}},
                list3 = {{5, 55}, {6, 66}},
                list4 = {{7, 77}, {8, 88}}
            },
            [2] = {},
            [3] = {},
            [4] = {}
        }
    },
}

local lists = {list1, list2, list3, list4}

for n = 1, 4 do
    print(config[1111][1][1].lists[n][1])
end

 

[Astir Lotus]

Don't you have to index the table in your table of tables?

lists = { config[1111].[1].[1].list1 }

or something like that.

 

[Xikini]

Don't you have to index the table in your table of tables?

lists = { config[1111].[1].[1].list1 }

or something like that.

I ended up with this solution.. xD

I put it into quotation marks surrounded by []

local config = {
    [1111] = {
        [1] = {
            [1] = {
                ["list1"] = {{1, 11}, {2, 22}},
                ["list2"] = {{3, 33}, {4, 44}},
                ["list3"] = {{5, 55}, {6, 66}},
                ["list4"] = {{7, 77}, {8, 88}}
            },
            [2] = {},
            [3] = {},
            [4] = {}
        }
    },
}

local lists = {"list1", "list2", "list3", "list4"}

for n = 1, 4 do
    print(config[1111][1][1][lists[n]][1][1])
end