Returning the index of a value in a Lua table
<p>I have this table in lua:</p>

<pre><code>local values={"a", "b", "c"}
</code></pre>

<p>is there a way to return the index of the table if a variable equals one the table entries?
say </p>

<pre><code>local onevalue = "a"
</code></pre>

<p>how can I get the index of "a" or onevalue in the table without iterating all values?</p>