The silliest error I have ever experienced

[Th1v5 (Thivs)]

ok so this is VERY simple. I have a table that i need to go in a certain order (it’s a chance table and i want to do the largest ones first) and for WHO KNOW’S what reason, it is processing in the… alphabetic order of the numbers? it’s meant to go 100, 22, 10, 5 but because of how numbers and stuff works, it’s going 10, 100, 22, 5, which means the 10 is completely ignored???

(Also, it’s a pairs table. whenever i tried using table.sort i just got an error.)

[crossbar]

Could we see a little more of the code, especially where you’re having problems with?

[Th1v5 (Thivs)]

alright.

It processes sword chances in the order: 10,100,22,5

local SwordChances = {
	["Sword"] = 100;
	["Dull Sword"] = 22;
	["Sharp Sword"] = 10;
	["Longsword"] = 5;
}

local Swords = {
	"Sword";
	"Dull Sword";
	"Sharp Sword";
	"Longsword";
}

local function run(hit)
	local runfunction = false
	for i,v in game.Players:GetChildren() do
		if hit.Parent.Name == v.Name then runfunction = true
	end
		
	if runfunction == true then
		local chance = math.round(math.random(1,10))
		local currentTool
			
		for i,v in pairs(SwordChances) do
				print("i: "..i)
			if chance<v then currentTool = i end
		end
			
		local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		local giveTool = true
			
		for i,v in plr.Backpack:GetChildren() do
			if table.find(Swords,v.Name) then giveTool = false end
		end
			
		for i,v in hit.Parent:GetChildren() do
			if table.find(Swords,v.Name) then giveTool = false end
		end
			
		if giveTool == true then
			local tool = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild(currentTool):Clone()
			tool.Parent = plr.Backpack
		end
		end
	end
	wait(1)
end

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(run)

I need it to process in 100,22,10,5 order because with the code I use, the larger number always beats smaller ones if it is later in the list. Right now, the 10 (Sharp sword) never is pulled.

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Can you write the table like this instead? Because this works for me:

local SwordChances = {{"Sword", 100}, {"Dull Sword", 22}, {"Sharp Sword", 10}, {"Longsword", 5}}

for i, v in pairs(SwordChances) do

print(i .. ": Name: " .. v[1] .. ". Value: " .. v[2] ..".")

end