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sir-gunny
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:36 am Post subject: Sort a multidimensional table??

Hi.

How can i sort my table by name?
From:

Code:

local original_table = {
{12,"Mike Z."},
{86,"Xena K."},
{54,"Anton B. (2)"},
{58,"Anton B. (1)"},
{71,"Björn H."},
{22,"Luis M."}
}

To:

Code:

local sorted_table = {
{58,"Anton B. (1)"},
{54,"Anton B. (2)"},
{71,"Björn H."},
{22,"Luis M."}
{12,"Mike Z."},
{86,"Xena K."}
}

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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:47 am Post subject:

Code:

table.sort(t, function(a,b)
return a[2]<b[2]
end)

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sir-gunny
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:01 am Post subject:

Ah, i couldn't see the wood for the trees^^ THX

sir-gunny
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:41 am Post subject:

And how can i sort this:

Code:

tMyTable = {
{"D",2},
{"B",1},
{"D",1},
{"B",2},
{"C",2},
{"C",1},
{"A",2},
{"A",1}
}
table.sort(tMyTable, function(a,b)
return a[1]<b[1] and a[2]<b[2]
end)

for i=1,#tMyTable do
print(tMyTable[i][1],tMyTable[i][2])
end

to this:

Code:

A 1
B 1
C 1
D 1
A 2
B 2
C 2
D 2

I just can't get this to work... Sorry Embarassed

Dark Byte
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:10 pm Post subject:

Code:

tMyTable = {
{"D",2},
{"B",1},
{"D",1},
{"B",2},
{"C",2},
{"C",1},
{"A",2},
{"A",1}
}
table.sort(tMyTable, function(a,b)
if a[2]~=b[2] then
return a[2]<b[2]
else
return a[1]<b[1]
end

end)

for i=1,#tMyTable do
print(tMyTable[i][1],tMyTable[i][2])
end

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:21 am Post subject:

Thanks.

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