Table.sort isn't sorting my parts?

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1

I haven’t used table.sort before so excuse my lack of understanding, but I am trying to sort parts by their name, and it isn’t sorting them for some reason. I just need a bit of help understanding how table.sort works.
here’s my code

local parts = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("epicparts"):GetChildren()
table.sort(parts, function(a,b)
	print("folder a:"..a.Name.." folder b:"..b.Name)
	return a.Name < b.Name
end)
while wait(1) do
	if game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("epicparts") ~= nil then
		local folder = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("epicparts"):GetChildren()
		table.sort(folder, function(a,b)
			print("folder a:"..a.Name.." folder b:"..b.Name)
			return a.Name < b.Name
		end)
		for i, v in ipairs(parts) do
			for b, e in ipairs(folder) do
				if v ~= e then
					print(v.Name .." is not ".. e.Name)
				end
			end
		end
	else
		game.Players.LocalPlayer:Kick()
	end
end

here are the parts im trying to sort
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here is the outcome
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it says it sorted them, but they arent sorted

2

This block is checking all items in folder for each item in parts. Since the script is only outputting if there is a problem, you are only seeing when it evaluates for the incorrect part.

Running this block:

for i, v in ipairs(parts) do
	print(v.Name .. (v.Name == folder[i].Name and " matches " or " is not ") .. folder[i].Name)
end

Shows that your sort is working just fine.

3

thank you! I didn’t realize that I should only run 1 for loop!