Problem with things not going in alphabetically order. (Ipairs not working)

[RocketSlither (Distinguished_Gent)]

I’m trying to make a doors similar game but these won’t go in order. it prints 2 the 1 when its supposed to go 1 then 2.

for _, Room in ipairs(game.Workspace.Rooms:GetChildren()) do
	local Table = {}
	for i, Points in ipairs(Room:FindFirstChild("RushPoints"):GetChildren()) do
		table.insert(Table,Points)
	end
	for i, Point in ipairs(Table) do
		TweenService:Create(Torso,TweenInfo.new(.5),{CFrame = Point.CFrame}):Play()
		print(Point.Name)
		wait(.5)
	end
end

[2112Jay]

Not enough information here … I’ll take a guess. See if a sort works.

for _, Room in ipairs(game.Workspace.Rooms:GetChildren()) do
    local Table = {}
    for _, Points in ipairs(Room:FindFirstChild("RushPoints"):GetChildren()) do
        table.insert(Table, Points)
    end
    table.sort(Table, function(a, b) return a.Name < b.Name end)
    for _, Point in ipairs(Table) do
        TweenService:Create(Torso, TweenInfo.new(.5), { CFrame = Point.CFrame }):Play()
        print(Point.Name)
        wait(.5)
    end
end

May not be ipairs also. Just a guess. Think the sort is all you really need.

[omgbadusernameLOL (zachsALT)]

You should use

pairs()

ipairs iterates through arrays, while pairs iterates through both arrays and dictionaries.

[RocketSlither (Distinguished_Gent)]

YESSS IT WORKS! this took forever thanks!

[Forummer]

local RoomsFolder = workspace.Rooms
local Rooms = RoomsFolder:GetChildren()
table.sort(Rooms, function(Left, Right)
    return tonumber(Left.Name) < tonumber(Right.Name)
end)

for _, Room in ipairs(Rooms) do
    local PointsFolder = Room.RushPoints
    local Points = PointsFolder:GetChildren()
    table.sort(Points, function(Left, Right)
        return tonumber(Left.Name) < tonumber(Right.Name)
    end)

    for _, Point in ipairs(Points) do
		local Tween = TweenService:Create(Torso, TweenInfo.new(0.5), {CFrame = Point.CFrame})
		Tween:Play()
		Tween.Completed:Wait()
	end
end

[Forummer]

This will stop working if the number of points exceeds 9.
print("10" < "9") --true
That’s why you need to use tonumber.