How would I put this table in descending order and print out the player name with the most cash?

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#1

Hi, I am trying to create a script that loops through all players in the game, check their cash value and adds both their player name and cash value in a table, so I can loop through the table and get the player name that has the most amount of cash in descending order. How do I do this?


local t = {}





while true do wait()
	for _, plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		local plrName = plr.Name

                --This is just to make clear what I mean
		t[plr.Name] = 50
		t["BOB"] = 23
		t["Shedletsky"] = 20
		t["DavidBazooka"] = 160
		
		
	end

	print(t)
end

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#2

Give this a shot I’m typing on phone so i can’t really test.

function sortZ2A(tbl)
   table.sort(tbl, function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end)

   for k,v in ipairs(tbl) do
        print(v[1], ' == ', v[2])
   end
end
#3

that looks REALLY complicated, isn’t there an easier way?

#4

Does it not work? If so i can try find another way.
EDIT: Since these are built-functions it runs faster and keeps your code neat, I recommend making something a little bit complicated if it means you minimize performance loss and cognitive overflow

#5

Call this function whenever you want to get a table with the values. Now here is how it will return, a table with tables inside. There will be a table for every single player, and the first key in that table will be their cash, and the second key will be their name. I am assuming the currency is “Cash” with the C capitalized, if it isn’t then just change the part where I reference the cash. I tested this on my end and it worked.

local function SortPlayerCash()
	local Array = {}
	local PlayersTab = {}
	local MainTable = {}
	for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		table.insert(Array, v.leaderstats.Cash.Value)
		PlayersTab[v.leaderstats.Cash.Value] = v.Name
	end
	table.sort(Array, function(a, b)
		return a > b
	end)
	for i, v in ipairs(Array) do
		table.insert(MainTable, {v, PlayersTab[v]})
	end
	return MainTable
end

For example, here is an example table:

local rankedPlayers = SortPlayerCash()

print(rankedPlayers) -- Say Bob, Jill and Bill were in the game, it would sort their cash and print the following table 
{
       {100, "Bob"},
       {87, "Jill"},
       {22,"Bill"}
}

print(rankedPlayers[1][2]) --prints the name of the richest player
print(rankedPlayers[1][1]) --prints the cash of the richest player

print(rankedPlayers[3][2]) --prints the name of the third richest player

print(rankedPlayers[#rankedPlayers][2])--prints the name of the poorest player