py_lua_helper: added get_list method

Author: DarkCaster

python_lua_helper/py_lua_helper.py

@@ -401,6 +401,13 @@ def get_bool(self, key: str, default: bool = None) -> bool:
                 return bool(default)
             raise
 
+    def get_list(self, key: str) -> List:
+        """Get indexed elements of table as list of strings if variable is a table and indexed (keyless) elements present, empty list if no elements present or variable is not a table"""
+        result = []
+        for i in self.get_table_seq(key):
+            result.append(self.get(f"{key}.{i}"))
+        return result
+
     def get_table_start(self, key: str) -> int:
         """Get start indexed element index of table if variable is a table and indexed (keyless) elements present, 0 if no indexed elements present"""
         if key in self._metadata:

python_lua_helper/test_example.py

@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
 for i in cfg.get_table_seq('config.sub.loader_args'):
     print(f"example.py: cfg['config.sub.loader_args.{i}'] = {cfg.get(f'config.sub.loader_args.{i}', 'NOT_FOUND')}")
 
+print("example.py: === getting extra params (or cmdline args) as list ===")
+print(f"example.py: {cfg.get_list('config.sub.loader_args')}")
+
 # Test typed get
 print("example.py: === test getting values with specific type from config.sub.types table ===")
 print(f"example.py: get bool value, no fallback: cfg['config.sub.types.b'] = {cfg.get_bool('config.sub.types.b')}")