Sorting tables by value

Waky · 10-23-10, 06:47 PM

I've been trying to sort a table by the value, rather than the key. This will be for my addon that tracks memory usage of addons, so it has the key as a name and the value as the memory (in KB.)

The code I'm currently using is:

Code:

table.sort(addonsMem, (function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end))

for k, v in pairs(addonsMem) do 
GameTooltip:AddDoubleLine(k, (wTools_memFormat(v)),1,1,1,1,1,1)
end

I've seen how to highlight by Lua but I've since forgotten, can someone tell me that [Bracket Code] again? Lol thanks :P

I can't get this code to work right, does anyone know how to?

Thanks in advance!

Phanx · 10-23-10, 07:34 PM

Without knowing what your table looks like, it's impossible to say.

If it's a standard key/value table, though, table.sort does nothing. You can only sort indexed tables.

Waky · 10-23-10, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by Phanx

Without knowing what your table looks like, it's impossible to say.

If it's a standard key/value table, though, table.sort does nothing. You can only sort indexed tables.

I can't believe I didn't realize what I was doing. The keys were strings, not numbers so it didn't work. Instead of using the name as the key, I left the key as is and made the value into a table, and it worked!

Thanks for bringing me to reality Phanx!

Dridzt · 10-23-10, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Waky

PHP Code:



table.sort(addonsMem, (function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end))
for k, v in pairs(addonsMem) do 
    GameTooltip:AddDoubleLine(k, (wTools_memFormat(v)),1,1,1,1,1,1)
end

I've seen how to highlight by Lua but I've since forgotten, can someone tell me that [Bracket Code] again? Lol thanks :P

There's no lua tag that I know off but people fake it with [php]your code here[/php]

Waky · 10-23-10, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dridzt

There's no lua tag that I know off but people fake it with [php]your code here[/php]

Thanks, I forgot what it was lol

Phanx · 10-23-10, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dridzt

There's no lua tag that I know off but people fake it with [php]your code here[/php]

The [code] tag is more readable, though. Lime green and blue on the yellowish background isn't exactly the paragon of legibility.

voodoodad · 10-24-10, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Phanx

The [code] tag is more readable, though. Lime green and blue on the yellowish background isn't exactly the paragon of legibility.

Doesn't work well for the dark theme either, believe me...

Xubera · 10-24-10, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by Dridzt

There's no lua tag that I know off but people fake it with

lua Code:

table.sort(addonsMem, (function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end))
 
for k, v in pairs(addonsMem) do 
GameTooltip:AddDoubleLine(k, (wTools_memFormat(v)),1,1,1,1,1,1)
end

[highlight='lua']

SDPhantom · 10-24-10, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by Waky

I've seen how to highlight by Lua but I've since forgotten, can someone tell me that [Bracket Code] again? Lol thanks :P

I use this for Lua syntax highlighting.

Code:

[highlight=lua]
-- Example code
print("blarg",0);
[/highlight]

lua Code:

-- Example code
print("blarg",0);