Why does my script spawn in an object with the order of 3 before 2?

[vf9r]

I’m trying to make a game so where when you blink another item is added, but I have it in a specific order for a storyline. The order goes from 1 to 3 (1,2,3) so why does it spawn in #1, #3, and then #2? I need help, my brain hurts too much.

game.ReplicatedStorage.OnBlink.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
	
	local orderTable = {}
	local key,value
	
	for i,v in pairs(game.ServerStorage.Objects:GetChildren()) do
		
		table.sort(orderTable)
		table.insert(orderTable,v:GetAttribute("Order"),v.Name)
		
		--print(v:GetAttribute("Order"))
		--print(orderTable)
		table.sort(orderTable)
	
		
	end
	

	key,value = next(orderTable)

	print(key,value)
	print(type(value))
	print(value)

	if game.ServerStorage.Objects:FindFirstChild(value) then

		game.ServerStorage.Objects:FindFirstChild(value).Parent = workspace

	end

	
end)

No errors, it’s purely a problem with how I wrote my code.

[BadDad2004]

You are using pairs instead of ipairs.

for i,v in pairs(game.ServerStorage.Objects:GetChildren()) do
-- Change the above to:
for i,v in ipairs(game.ServerStorage.Objects:GetChildren()) do

[vf9r]

not tryna be rude but, what is the difference between the two?

[jumpyfunk (Server)]

pairs is used for dicts and ipairs is used for arrays

[vf9r]

i used ipairs, same issue, it didnt change anything

[Forummer]

table.sort(orderTable)

You’re passing an array of instances as the first argument to table.sort(), with no second argument table.sort() can only sort primitive data-sets, you need to utilise the second parameter (the sort function) which specifies how the data should be sorted, take the following for example.

local model = workspace.Model
local children = model:GetChildren()

for _, child in ipairs(children) do
	print(child.Name)
end

print("\n\n")

table.sort(children, function(left, right)
	return left.Name < right.Name
end)

for _, child in ipairs(children) do
	print(child.Name)
end