Getting all tables before this one table

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Hi, so I am making a shop and I want only from beginning to that one specific area items to be displayed.
EX : U have starterisland and desert island ; Opening starter shop displays only starter islands items while opening desert shop displays both starter and desert one.

Here’s my tables :

local CoinTools = {
	StarterShop = {
		{Name = "RustyCoin", Coins = 1},
		{Name = "BronzeCoin", Coins = 2},
		{Name = "SilverCoin", Coins = 5},
		{Name = "GoldCoin", Coins = 10},
		{Name = "DiamondCoin", Coins = 25},
		{Name = "EmeraldCoin", Coins = 55},
		{Name = "RubyCoin", Coins = 80},
	},
	CandyShop = {
		{Name = "VanillaCoin", Coins = 135},
		{Name = "ChocolateCoin", Coins = 215},
	},
	EnchantedShop = {},
	SpaceShop = {},
	FrozenShop = {},
	VolcanoShop = {},
}

Here’s my function that gets the items that’ll be displayed :

function CoinToolsModule.GetItemsFromShop(shopName)
	if CoinTools[shopName] then
		return -- How do I return every shop items before that one specific shop items
	end
end

Thank you for reading! :smile:

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Um hold on, can you explain more, like what you want here?

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Ok, there’s several islands and each one have a different shop(it’s only one Shop Gui though). I want it so that when opening … island shop, all items shops that are inferior to the current island shop to be displayed.

EXAMPLE :

local CoinTools = {
	StarterShop = {
		{Name = "RustyCoin", Coins = 1},
		{Name = "BronzeCoin", Coins = 2},
		{Name = "SilverCoin", Coins = 5},
		{Name = "GoldCoin", Coins = 10},
		{Name = "DiamondCoin", Coins = 25},
		{Name = "EmeraldCoin", Coins = 55},
		{Name = "RubyCoin", Coins = 80},
	},
	CandyShop = {
		{Name = "VanillaCoin", Coins = 135},
		{Name = "ChocolateCoin", Coins = 215},
	},
	EnchantedShop = {},
	SpaceShop = {},
	FrozenShop = {},
	VolcanoShop = {},
}

Here, if you open the EnchantedShop, items from StarterShop, Candyshop and EnchantedShop would be displayed. I just need to get all shops that are before that one current shop.

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I’ve found the solution by implementing an hierarchy :smile:

local Hierarchy = {
	StarterShop = 1,
	CandyShop = 2,
	EnchantedShop = 3,
	SpaceShop = 4,
	FrozenShop = 5,
	VolcanoShop = 6
}

Then, in the function I am adding to a table named “dataToReturn” all things before the position of the shop like that :

		local Position = Hierarchy[shopName]
		local dataToReturn = {}
		if Position then
			for i = Position, 1, -1 do
				table.insert(dataToReturn, CoinTools[i])
			end
		end

Thank you for reading anyways!