value=wetgenes.plate.replace_lookup(name,data)

Calls "wetgenes.plate.table_lookup" then performs special formatting on table returns.

Always returns a string or nil, so number values will converted to a string.

bool=wetgenes.plate.replace_lookup_istable(name,data)

Test if the return from "wplate.table_lookup" is a table.

value=wetgenes.plate.table_lookup(name,data)

look up name inside data and return the value we found if we don't find anything then we return nil

name.name.name syntax may be used to reference tables within tables.

A name that looks like a number may be converted into a number if it doesnt exist as a string key, so "array.1" can be used to return the first item from an array.