Find smallest Value in Table

[SSJMateusz]

Ok so say you have a table like this

local TableOfTeams = {
Blue Team = 1,
Red Team = 3,
Green Team = 2,
Yellow Team = 1
}

How would I get the team with the lowest value? I’ve done some research and I do know about math.min, but the problem is, is that I need to get the team name too.

I basically need it to find the team with the lowest value, and then return the team name.

I’ve been struggling with this so if you help, thanks in advance

[Dragonfable6000 (Dragon)]

You can create an algorithm to do a linear search for the lowest value. So something like the following can be implemented

lowest_value = table[0]

for value in table do
     if value < lowest_value
          lowest_value = value
     end
end

Of course, if you have a tie, you can have a random number generator to determine which team is selected.

[anhtuan159]

local TableOfTeams = {
   ["Blue Team"] = 1,
   ["Red Team"] = 3,
   ["Green Team"] = 2,
   ["Yellow Team"] = 1
}

local smallestTeam, smallestScore

for team, score in TableOfTeams do
   if not smallestTeam or score < smallestScore then
      smallestTeam = team
      smallestScore = score
   end
end