Sort Arrays in Array in Lua

Question

Hi i am quite new to lua and i need to sort an Array in Lua.

So i have following code

local distances = {2,3,1}
table.sort(distances)

now i get

now i need to save some information for my "distances" aswell something like the following

local distances = {{C1,2},{C2,3},{C3,1}}

now it is impossible to call the sort-function, but i need them sorted. Is it possible to reach this?

Thanks guys :)

Oka · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-29 14:21:00Z

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table.sort takes a comparison function as its second argument.

table.sort(distances, function (left, right)
    return left[2] < right[2]
end)

answered Nov 29, 2016 at 13:02

Oka

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