Picking Greatest Value

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#1

I am trying to make a voting system, (which we are all probably aware about), but once a certain amount of time has passed, the script will pick the greatest value, and that value will be the map that will be chosen.

Any help will be appreciated!

#2

You can get the greatest value by doing this :

local GreatestValue = 0

for v, Value in pairs(TABLEWITHTHEVOTES) do
	if Value < GreatestValue then
		SmallestValue = Value
	end
end

Have a nice day !

#3

If you have a variable for each map and add 1 for every vote cast, you could then compare values after the vote ends and choose the largest one. i.e

local largest = 0
for i,v in pairs(variables) do
  largest = math.max(largest, v)
end

Every time a voter casts a vote I would make it so that a remote event is fired which updates one of the map selections allowed from server side.

#4

I’m sure that would work, but I should’ve explain more clearly.

I want the greatest value out of 2 other values.

Kind of like the basic voting system in round based games.
(hopefully this made it more clear)

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#5

Otherwise, the idea purveyed previously is exactly the same in terms of execution.

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#6

Ive never used the math.max function, does it get the largest value out of the table?

#7

Of two values it selects the largest.

#8

You can make a table, like this :

local Map1Votes = --YOUR VARIABLE FOR THE VOTE
local Map2Votes = --YOUR VARIABLE FOR THE VOTE
local Map3Votes = --YOUR VARIABLE FOR THE VOTE
local MapsVotesTable = {Map1Votes, Map2Votes, Map3Votes}
local GreatestValue = 0

for v, Value in pairs(MapsVotesTable) do
	if Value < GreatestValue then
		SmallestValue = Value
	end
end
#9

Thank you so much, I’ve never used this in one of my scripts so I appreciate it!

#10

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