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Task/Associative-array-Merging/Lua/associative-array-merging.lua

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+base = {name="Rocket Skates", price=12.75, color="yellow"}
+update = {price=15.25, color="red", year=1974}
+
+--[[ clone the base data ]]--
+result = {}
+for key,val in pairs(base) do
+    result[key] = val
+end
+
+--[[ copy in the update data ]]--
+for key,val in pairs(update) do
+    result[key] = val
+end
+
+--[[ print the result ]]--
+for key,val in pairs(result) do
+    print(string.format("%s: %s", key, val))
+end