How can I effectively get a player's rank from a table?

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#1

For example:

local Ranks = {
	["Starter"] = {
		["LevelRequired"] = 0,
	},
	["Noob"] = {
		["LevelRequired"] = 5,
	},
	["Strong"] = {
		["LevelRequired"] = 10,
	},
	["Expert"] = {
		["LevelRequired"] = 15,
	},
}

I don’t want to manually check if the player’s level is between 2 Level Requireds.
How can I effectively get the player’s rank just by knowing their level?

Example of what I don’t want to be doing:

if Level >= Ranks.Starter.LevelRequired and Level < Ranks.Starter.LevelRequired then
   -- is Starter rank
end
if Level >= Ranks.Noob.LevelRequired and Level < Ranks.Strong.LevelRequired then
   -- is Noob rank
end
-- And so on

Thank you for help :slight_smile:
Let me know if you didn’t understand or if you have a question on what I’m trying to achieve!

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#2 
-- Your dictionary needs to be converted to a iteratable table first. We will encode the name as the first element and put the rest of the info as another table.
-- This will let you add more information to each rank but still let us programmatically access the info we need.
-- We also need to ensure they are sorted from lowest to highest rank -- very important!!!
-- You could move this at the top of the function but it doesn't really need to run every time
local RanksArray = {}
for k,v in pairs(Ranks) do
	table.insert(RanksArray, {
		name = k,
		info = v
	})
end
table.sort(RanksArray, function(a, b) 
	if a.info.LevelRequired < b.info.LevelRequired then
		return true
	end
end)


function GetRankFromLevel(level)
	local rank = RanksArray[1]; -- Start at the lowest rank
	for k, v in ipairs(RanksArray) do
		if v.info.LevelRequired <= level and level > rank.info.LevelRequired then
			rank = v
		end
	end
	
	return rank.name
end

print(GetRankFromLevel(12))	-- Expected Output: "Strong"
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#3

Nevermind I found out how. Someone helped me in HiddenDevs
thanks for helping me though!

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