:GetChildren Getting Ordered Instead Of Random?

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#1

Basically, my :GetChildren function isn’t getting the values in order, it is displaying a random one first and THEN going in order. Here is the code if you need it:

for i, Line in pairs(Lines:GetChildren()) do
					local Text = Line.Value
					
					for i = 1, #Text do
						LineLabel.Text = string.sub(Text, 1, i)
						Sounds.Talk:Play()
						if Skip == true then
							LineLabel.Text = Text
							Skip = false
							break
						end
						if Exit == true then
							break
						end
						wait(0.07)
					end
					if Exit == true then
						Exit = false
						break
					end
					repeat wait() until Skip == true or Exit == true
					Skip = false
				end
#2

iirc it isnt meant to get it in order, you could use table.sort. I would suggest looking at this post: Sorting a GetChildren table

#3

Okay, I sorted them into a table using this:

local linestable = Lines:GetChildren()
					table.sort(linestable, function(a,b,c)
						local name1 = tonumber(a.Name:match("%d+"))
						local name2 = tonumber(b.Name:match("%d+"))
						return name1 < name2
					end)

But how do I access the values from the table rather than the GetChildren line?

#4

for i, Line in pairs(linestable) do

#5

Okay, I’m not sure I’m doing this right so could you check the table and see if I am?

for i, Line in pairs(Lines:GetChildren()) do
					local linestable = Lines:GetChildren()
					table.sort(linestable, function(a,b,c)
						local name1 = tonumber(a.Name:match("%d+"))
						local name2 = tonumber(b.Name:match("%d+"))
						return name1 < name2
					end)
					local Text = Line.Value
					
					for i, Line in pairs(linestable) do
						for i = 1, #Text do
								LineLabel.Text = string.sub(Text, 1, i)
								Sounds.Talk:Play()
								if Skip == true then
									LineLabel.Text = Text
									Skip = false
									break
								end
								if Exit == true then
									break
								end
								wait(0.07)
							end
							if Exit == true then
								Exit = false
								break
							end
							repeat wait() until Skip == true or Exit == true
							Skip = false
						end

						Exit = false
						Skip = false

						PromptLabel:TweenSize(UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0), "Out", "Linear", 0.2)
						LineLabel.Visible = true

						wait(0.5)

						Chatting = false
						Detected = false
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)

Right now, it doesn’t display the first one first.

#6 

local linestable = Lines:GetChildren()
table.sort(linestable, function(a,b,c)
	local name1 = tonumber(a.Name:match("%d+"))
	local name2 = tonumber(b.Name:match("%d+"))
	return name1 < name2
end)

for i, Line in pairs(linestable) do
	local Text = Line.Value

	for i = 1, #Text do
		LineLabel.Text = string.sub(Text, 1, i)
		Sounds.Talk:Play()
		if Skip == true then
			LineLabel.Text = Text
			Skip = false
			break
		end
		if Exit == true then
			break
		end
		wait(0.07)
	end
	if Exit == true then
		Exit = false
		break
	end
	repeat wait() until Skip == true or Exit == true
	Skip = false
end

Exit = false
Skip = false

PromptLabel:TweenSize(UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0), "Out", "Linear", 0.2)
LineLabel.Visible = true

wait(0.5)

Chatting = false
Detected = false
#7

That works, but kind of breaks it as now it is still trying to send the message even when Exit = true, any idea how to fix this?

#8

Bump bumping bumpity bump bump bump

#9

Use ipairs instead of pairs. --Minimum character limit

for i, Line in pairs(Lines:GetChildren())

to

for i, Line in ipairs(Lines:GetChildren())