How do I get the smallest value in a dictionary, and then print said value along with its key?

joebersons · February 10, 2019, 4:49am

In my golf game, after the last player falls in the final hole, each player’s strokes are tallied up and assigned to a key, which is the player’s name. How do I find the smallest value out of them all, and also get its corresponding key?

Kampfkarren · February 10, 2019, 4:51am

local smallestValue, smallestKey = math.huge -- The largest number Lua can represent, just makes the loop check code easier to write

for key, value in pairs(dict) do
    if value < smallestValue then
        smallestKey, smallestValue = key, value
    end
end

if smallestKey then
    -- code
end