Function luaH_getn

lua/ltable.c:661–677

** Try to find a boundary in table `t'. A `boundary' is an integer index ** such that t[i] is non-nil and t[i+1] is nil (and 0 if t[1] is nil). */

** such that t[i] is non-nil and t[i+1] is nil (and 0 if t[1] is nil).
*/
int luaH_getn (Table *t) {
  unsigned int j = t->sizearray;
  if (j > 0 && ttisnil(&t->array[j - 1])) {
    /* there is a boundary in the array part: (binary) search for it */
    unsigned int i = 0;
    while (j - i > 1) {
      unsigned int m = (i+j)/2;
      if (ttisnil(&t->array[m - 1])) j = m;
      else i = m;
    }
    return i;
  }
  /* else must find a boundary in hash part */
  else if (t->node == dummynode)  /* hash part is empty? */
    return j;  /* that is easy... */
  else return unbound_search(t, j);
}