[LUA]Getting most recurring integer in a table









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i need to get the most recurring vIndex in a lua table structured like this:



id=0, vIndex = 0,id=34, vIndex = 1,...



what's the best way to do so?










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    i need to get the most recurring vIndex in a lua table structured like this:



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      i need to get the most recurring vIndex in a lua table structured like this:



      id=0, vIndex = 0,id=34, vIndex = 1,...



      what's the best way to do so?










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      id=0, vIndex = 0,id=34, vIndex = 1,...



      what's the best way to do so?







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          Loop over each element in a table and keep track on the number of occurrences in another table where each value of vIndex being a key. Then loop over the second table to find the element with the max value. This will be your most frequent vIndex.






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