How do I sort this table {string{string,int,int}}

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#1

I have a table of date that is to be returned from a server script via invokeserver.
The table is built from a selection of tables in the server script.
The table is defined with
loacl table = {}
The code in a loop to set one entry in the table is
table[string1] = {string1, int1, int2}

The client needs the table be sorted in order.

I have tried table.sort(tablename,function(a,b) return a<b end) but when I print out the table it is not sorted.

Can someone please suggest how I can get this table sorted.

#2

sort in what order

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#3

I want the index as in {index{string,int,int}} to be in alphabetical order A-Z

#4

change the a<b thing to string.lower(a[1]) < string.lower(b[1])

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#5

assuming that the 1st element is the string youre trying to sort

#6

so you want to turn a dictionary into a sorted array?

#7

I need to be able to access the data by using a value for the index and then get the values for the ints.
For example say the index is “Dirt” then I would get the values by using table[“Dirt”][2] for the first int and
table[“Dirt”][3] for the second one.

#8

this is an array not a dictionary which means that it will get sent that way to the client

#9

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