Error occurred when I tried to use table.sort to sort scores

[ChangeMaker111]

I was trying to use table.sort to sort int scores but It gave me this error: MainScript:84: attempt to index number with number. I have tried looking at other posts that explained table.sort but I could not find a clear enough explanation.

Lines 83 to 85 are below which is where the error occurred.

   table.sort(buildscores, function(i, j)
		return i[1] >= j[1]
	end)

The 2D array I am using for the scores is formated like this:

local buildscores = {
{intscore, player}
{intscore, player}}

[AustnBlox (Austin)]

This might help as its a little similar to your topic:

Attempt to index number with number

You lack braces around your sub-tables. local Table = {"Mag", 2, "Mag", 3, "Mag", 1} This is what your table looks like right now, so each element is being iterated separately. For desired behavior, what you want is {{"Mag", 2}, {"Mag", 3}, {"Mag", 1}}. Also, table.sort sorts the table in place and does not return anything, so you shouldn’t have to do local Sorted =.

[ketrab2004 (ketrab)]

Doing this works for me

local buildscores = {
	{5, "you"},
	{7, "me"},
	{1, "someone else"}
}

table.sort(buildscores, function(i, j)
	return i[1] >= j[1]
end)

print(buildscores)

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Could you show more of your code?

It could be that buildscores is actually just an array of numbers. (or what AustnBlox linked to)