Sort Array

local list = {}
function setTable(...)
  local arguments = {select(1,...)}
  local player = arguments[1]
  if table.getn(arguments)==1 then
	list[player]={}
	list[player]["player"] = arguments[1]
	list[player]["deaths"] = 0
	list[player]["kills"] = 0
	list[player]["logins"] = 0
	list[player]["messages"] = 0
	list[player]["average"] = 0
  elseif table.getn(arguments)==6 then
	list[player]={}
	list[player]["player"] = arguments[1]
	list[player]["deaths"] = arguments[2]
	list[player]["kills"] = arguments[3]
	list[player]["logins"] = arguments[4]
	list[player]["messages"] = arguments[5]
	list[player]["average"] = arguments[6]
  else
	print("Error: Wrong parameter passed to 'setTable'!")
  end
  print("Player " ..arguments[1].. " successfully created.")
end

Well a while ago I asked about a similar problem already, but I still have problems with it and didn't want to post in a dead thread, so..
I have this array shown in the code above. Multiple players and their data are stored in there. Now I would like to be able to sort this array, sort by names, sort by kills etc.. I know there's table.sort() but i don't know if it's possible to use with more than one dimension and if so, how to write it exactly. I'm really having trouble with this :(/>
Thanks in advance,to everybody :)/>

Uh, something like:

function sortByKills(x, y)
  return x.kills > y.kills
end

table.sort(list, sortByKills)

I think. If it's in the wrong order, use a less than in the function.

first at all, thank you for the fast reply.
for testing I used this code.

function printer()
  for player in pairs(list) do
	print(list[player]["player"])
	print(list[player]["deaths"])
	print(list[player]["kills"])
	print(list[player]["logins"])
	print(list[player]["messages"])
        print(list[player]["average"])
  end
end

But in my tests it didn't matter if I used the sortfunction or not, the output was always the same. Is this because of pairs ? or did it probably not sort?

Oh, yeah, you'll need to use numeric indices. So, don't key the table on player name, just use numeric indices, so that table.sort can swap them around.

Ah, that's why :lol:/>. thank you :)/>

So instead of:
list["dede"]["kills"]
list["dede"]["deaths"]
list["dodo"]["player"]
it would be like:
list[1][3]
list[1][2]
list[2][1]
?

I use(d) several times code similar to this one:

function deathcount()
  while true do
	event,dead,killer,cause = os.pullEvent("chat_death")
	list[dead]["deaths"] = tonumber(list[dead]["deaths"])+1
	...

Here I would need to have a second table with the players and their related numbers?
So I could use a function to return me the right number, correct?

function deathcount()
  while true do
	event,dead,killer,cause = os.pullEvent("chat_death")
	number = giveNumber(dead)
	list[number][2] = tonumber(list[number][2])+1
	...

Sorry for asking so many (stupid) questions, I hope it's not annoying, sadly I'm not the best programmer.

No, just list[1].kills, list[1].deaths, list[2].kills, list[2].deaths, etc.

Thank you so much, finally worked :D/>.