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(SOLVED)table.sort keeps giving me an output of nil, Why?
i'm trying to use table.sort() but it's not seeming to work out for me.
Any idea what i'm doing wrong?
1 | local list = {1,66,45,76542,3,7,324,56,8,98,46,73757,34,12,5,1,2,3,4,6,7,9,33,55,67,14} |
2 |
3 | local sorted = table.sort(list) |
4 |
5 | print(sorted) |
Output:
nil
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you cant print a table like that you will have to loop through the table using a for loop. Fad99 286 — 5y
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not true, if you print a table like that it'll print the table. https://gyazo.com/8211dc3acdb32cf1df6a4c63d24b4ec5. In the gyazo I pint(list) in the provided code above. IDKBlox 349 — 5y
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I would just delete the entire question because I figured it out and it was super simple... and I figure if I had this problem maybe someone else will or has as well.. So Here is the solution
table.sort() NEVER RETURNS ANYTHING so....
1 | local list = {1,64,3,6,865,80,6,245,8,3456,997,97,0,75,3} |
2 | local a = table.sort(list) |
3 | print(a) |
Output:
nil
a will ALWAYS = nil a will NEVER not = nil
Therefore... SOLUTION
1 | local list = {1,64,3,6,865,80,6,245,8,3456,997,97,0,75,3} |
2 |
3 | table.sort(list) |
4 |
5 | print(table.concat(list, "|")) |
Output:
0|1|3|3|6|6|8|64|75|80|97|245|865|997|3456
Conclusion: table.sort() sorts that list given. It does NOT create a new 'sorted' list.
I'm aware I should have known this. But I overlooked things. Hope my issue helps someone lol