How could I loop through a dictionary in the order it was written?

[RCW3993 (rcw)]

The title is pretty self explanatory. I’ve tried using pairs, ipairs, and next loops but those only work in order on arrays.

Basically, I’m looping through a module that has all the axes in the game. It then displays this axes on a ui list.

It displays them in a random order, but I want them in the order I wrote the dictionary in (sorted by price).

If anyone knows how to do this I’d appreciate it!

[StrongBigeMan9]

Since dictionaries are not ordered, you may need to take an approach like what was mentioned in the following post:

Original structure

@Alexplazz

local FinalPositions = {
    ["Youtube"] = UDim2.new(0.26, 0, 1.11, 0);
    ["Cash"] = UDim2.new(0.265, 0, 1.858, 0);
    ["Gold"] = UDim2.new(0.265, 0, 2.617, 0);
}
for tab, finalPosition in pairs(FinalPositions) do
    print(tab)
end

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@BendsSpace

If you want them ordered you’ll need to use an array such as:

local FinalPositions = {
    {Name = "Youtube", Dim = UDim2.new(0.26, 0, 1.11, 0)};
    {Name = "Cash", Dim = UDim2.new(0.265, 0, 1.858, 0)};
    {Name = "Gold", Dim = UDim2.new(0.265, 0, 2.617, 0)};
}

Then use ipairs instead of pairs:

for index, dataDict in ipairs(FinalPositions) do
    print(index) -- Will be ordered
end

ipairs goes over the array part of the table in order.

The dictionary part of the table doesn’t have a guaranteed order, so pairs (which goes over both parts of the table) doesn’t have a guaranteed order either.