My for loop isnt running

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#1

So i want to create a weighted distribution system in my game but it needs to work a little different to the normal ones. However i am trying to use a for loop to add all the values in a table but its just not working

Anyone know if im doing something wrong? Also the rounding function just rounds the numbers and ive tested it and its working just fine

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i also fixed that malformed number, so just ignore that

#2

You need a dictionary not a table What's the difference between a table and a dictionary? - #4 by ReturnedTrue

#3

How do i do that? I changed the commas to semi colons and nothing happened

#4

Are you sure the rounding function is returning a value? Try printing one of the room values and see what it yields.

#6

Yes im sure it does, ive checked many times

#7

Can you print the table and show us what it looks like before entering the for loop?

#8

Do you mean dumping the values or showing you whats in the table. Because the actual table is in the screenshot

#9

My bad, I skimmed your code too fast and missed the ipairs. @h_pup mentioned your solution above where you can either use a dictionary instead of an table or switch the ipairs out for pairs.

for i, v in pairs(room) do --> Substituded ipairs -> pair
    weight += 2
    print(v)
end
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#10

My god, thank you so much that has fixed everything. I thought that ipairs is for getting numerical values in tables but i guess im wrong

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