Why is this not sorting the table?

Asked Apr 25, 2014256 views1 answers

lost = {1,6,0,8,2,5}

table.sort(lost, function(a, b)
   return lost[a] < lost[b]
end)

for i, v in pairs(lost) do
   print(i, v)
end

AnonymousApr 25, 2014

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

You have interpreted wrong how table.sort works. The values passed to the functions are not the indices, but in fact, the values! (That is, lost[a] will be a, and lost[b] is b).

What you mean is:

lost = {1,6,0,8,2,5}

table.sort(lost, function(a, b)
   return a < b
end)

for i, v in pairs(lost) do
   print(i, v)
end

AnonymousApr 25, 2014Permalink

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THANK YOU !

AnonymousApr 26, 2014#

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