How to get the highest IntValue from a folder

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

I want to make a script that gets the highest intvalue from a folder(I am making a vote a map system)

  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

I have no idea how to do that

  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I heard about table.sort but I don’t understand it
#2

use for i, v in pairs() to get all childrens then if v:IsA("IntValue") to see if it is a int value, then do a variable named highest then control if it is bigger or less, ill send you the script soon, i am writing it.

Script :


function GetBiggestValue(folder)
    local highestValue = nil
    for _, value in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do

        if value:IsA("IntValue") then

            if highestValue == nil then
                highestValue = value 
            elseif highestValue.Value < value.Value then
                highestValue = value
            end

        end

    end

    return highestValue.Name
end
#3 
function GetHighestValue(Folder)
	local HighestValue = nil
	
	for i,v in pairs(Folder:GetChildren()) do 
		if v:IsA("IntValue") then 
			if HighestValue == nil then 
				HighestValue = v
			else
				if v.Value > HighestValue.Value then 
					HighestValue = v
				end 
			end
		end
	end
	
	return HighestValue
end	
	
print(GetHighestValue(game:GetService("Workspace").Values))

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#4

why you dont use elseif ?

#5

I may be wrong, but the function returns the highest value as a number, but I need to get the name of the intvalue to know what map won

#6

this will return the highest int value
it will not return the number it will return the highest value instance

#7

and I need the name of the highest intvalue

#8

okay i will edit it
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#9

Yeah you could use table.sort for a shorter solution

local Values = --path to your values folder

local function GetHighestValue(): IntValue
	local intVals = Values:GetChildren()
	table.sort(intVals, function(Higher, Lower)
		return Higher.Value > Lower.Value --sort from highest to lowest
	end)
	return intVals[1] --returns intvalue with highest value
end
#10

i edited it now it will return it’s name