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<function name="Flip" parent="table" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Flips key-value pairs of each element within a table, so that each value becomes the key, and each key becomes the value.⤶ ⤶ <warning>Take care when using this function, as a Lua table cannot contain multiple instances of the same key. As such, data loss is possible when using this function on tables with duplicate values.⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ local test = { test = 1, test2 = 1 }⤶ local f = table.Flip( test )⤶ PrintTable( f )⤶ -- Outputs "1 = test2"⤶ ```⤶ </warning>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="input" type="table">The table to flip items of.</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="table">The flipped table.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ <added>2023.08.08</added>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <code>⤶ local productIngredients = { "Cocoa Mass", "Cocoa Butter", "Vanilla", "Cocoa Solids: 70% min" }⤶ ⤶ local flipped = table.Flip( productIngredients )⤶ ⤶ PrintTable( flipped )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>⤶ ```⤶ Cocoa Butter = 2⤶ Cocoa Mass = 1⤶ Cocoa Solids: 70% min = 4⤶ Vanilla = 3⤶ ```⤶ </output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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