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How do I retrieve the final result after this loop?
I'm trying to get the highest value of the table and I want to make sure its the final value before doing anything with it.
local table = {50,12,78}
local highest = 0
for i,v in pairs(table) do
if v > highest then
highest = v
end
end
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you can just write what you want after the loop TheRealPotatoChips 793 — 4y
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does it save the value? User_3805 6 — 4y
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Wdym, what do you want to happen after the highest is found AntoninFearless 622 — 4y
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With the way it's currently set up, "highest" is a variable outside the loop, so you setting it will make it accessible throughout the rest of the script MrLonely1221 701 — 4y
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ok thanks User_3805 6 — 4y
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You can use table.sort without the second argument (the second argument is a function of what is sorted (https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/lua-docs/table) but the default uses lua operator <.) to rearrange the table and their indexes.
Heres my example:
local a = {4,2,1,3};
table.sort(a)
table.foreach(a,print)
--[[
This prints:
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
if 4 is the highest value, therefore
a[#a] is the highest value since 4 is at the last key.
--]]
print(a[#a])--> 4