Lua sort()

The table.sort() function sorts a given table in place.

Syntax

table.sort(table, [comp])

The first argument, table, is the table to be sorted. The second argument, comp, is an optional comparison function that specifies the sorting order. If comp is not provided, the default less-than operation is used.

Example

In this example, there is a table named numbers. The table.sort() function is used to sort the table in ascending order.

local numbers = {5, 3, 1, 4, 2}
table.sort(numbers)
for i, v in pairs(numbers) do
    print(v)
end

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The code results in the following output:

1
2
3
4
5

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