table.sort not sorting?

[delicate pawn]

its not sorting in order help

table.sort(oSelectionFrame2.Frame.MainText:GetChildren(), function(a, b)
    return tonumber(a.Name) < tonumber(b.Name)
end)

for _, v in oSelectionFrame2.Frame.MainText:GetChildren() do
    print(v.Name)
end

[alpine pulsar]

Of course its not

Instance:GetChildren generates an array of the instance's children each time it's called

The array has no affect on the order of the children

local children = --[[Path.To.Parent]]:GetChildren()

table.sort(children, function(childA, childB)
    return childA.Name < childB.Name
end)

for _, child in children do
    print(child)
end

[delicate pawn]

thats so stupid

[patent shoal]

How did you get scripter 4?

[alpine pulsar]

I don't have S4. I'm S3

[alpine pulsar]

In the grand scheme of things, it's not

You'll come to understand why it works this way soon

It's not about why it doesn't work the way you wanted, but why it shouldn't

[patent shoal]

How did you get s3? How did you learn how to script past intermediate? I don't know how to advance my skills.

[alpine pulsar]

It kinda just happens

I started working on real projects

[delicate pawn]

nah i get it, i just cant believe i spent 30 minutes trying to firgure out why its not sorting