defining items with a loop error

[ukezi]

I'm making multiple items with multiple tiers each. for that I have written an function

function ukezi_equipment_item(name,icon,row,category,collum,stack)
return
{
type = "item",
name = name,
icon = icon,
placed_as_equipment_result = name,
flags = {"goes-to-main-inventory"},
subgroup = "equipment",
order = row.."["..category.."]-" .. collum .. "[" .. name .. "]",
stack_size = stack
}
end

now when I use it like

data:extend({
ukezi_equipment_item(types[1] .. surfix[1],icon[1],"a","robotics","e",5),
ukezi_equipment_item(types[1] .. surfix[2],icon[2],"a","robotics","e",5),
})

it works fine.
It's already nice but I'd like to write it like

data:extend({
for i = 1 to 5 do
for j = 1 to 5 do
ukezi_equipment_item(types .. surfix[j],icon,"a","robotics","e",5),
end
end
})

I get unexpected symbol near for.
Is it simply impossible to do item defination in loops or did I miss something?

[LuziferSenpai]

You cant make it so.

You need to make it so:

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for i = 1 to 5 do
for j = 1 to 5 do
data:extend({
ukezi_equipment_item(types[i] .. surfix[j],icon[i],"a","robotics","e",5),
})
end
end

Than it should work, because you cant make a for function in a data:extend

[prg]

Also the numerical for requires a comma instead of the "to" between the limits.

[aubergine18]

Lua `for` loops: https://www.lua.org/pil/4.3.4.html