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For loop not looping in right order as it should for some reason?
local myTable = {
["First"] = 1;
["Second"] = 2;
["Third"] = 3;
["Fourth"] = 4;
}
for myString, myWeight in pairs(myTable) do
print(myString)
end
What it returns in the output :
15:48:24.086 Fourth - Client 15:48:24.086 First - Client 15:48:24.086 Third - Client 15:48:24.086 Second - Client
Clearly it's not printing it in order, and this applies to all the scripts i've tried it on.
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In Lua, there are tables and arrays. All arrays are tables, but not all tables are arrays. Only arrays can be indexed in order.
If you need to index your table in a particular order, you should to initialize it as an array.
local myTable = {
"First",
"Second",
"Third",
"Fourth"
}
Arrays should also be iterated over using ipairs (instead of pairs).
for index, myString in ipairs(myTable) do
print(myString)
end