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table.sort#517893
<function name="sort" parent="table" type="libraryfunc">
<description>Sorts a table either ascending or by the given sort function.</description>
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>
<args>
<arg name="tbl" type="table">The table to sort.</arg>
<arg name="sorter" type="function">If specified, the function will be called with 2 parameters each.
Return true in this function if you want the first parameter to come first in the sorted array.</arg>⤶
<arg name="sorter" type="function">If specified, the function will be called with 2 parameters each.⤶
Return true in this function if you want the first parameter to come first in the sorted array.</arg>⤶
</args>
</function>
<example>
<description>Sorting table by an integer</description>
<code>
local TABLE = {
{"Jeff",8},
{"Peter",17},
{"Shay",11},
{"Janine",1}
}
table.sort(TABLE,function(a, b) return a[2] &gt; b[2] end)
table.sort(TABLE,function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end)
</code>
<output>Table going from highest number to lowest (1: Peter, 2: Shay, 3: Jeff, 4: Janine)</output>
</example>
<example>
<description>Sorting a player table by a NWInt</description>
<code>
local PLAYERS = player.GetAll()
table.sort(PLAYERS,function(a, b) return a:GetNWInt("Score") &gt; b:GetNWInt("Score") end)
table.sort(PLAYERS,function(a, b) return a:GetNWInt("Score") > b:GetNWInt("Score") end)
</code>
<output>Player table sorted by score going from highest to lowest</output>
</example>