Scoreboard

[xAndrewx]

So, I started working on a scoreboard script.

Here's what I have so far-

PHP Code:

const MAX_STATS = 26;

function onCreated() {
  this.registerStat("Rocks_Staff3", "xAndrewx", 4);
}

public function registerStat(temp.stat, temp.pl, temp.value) {
  if (temp.stat != "Rocks_Staff3") return;
  
    //Create place holders if no stats exist
  if (this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ 1) == null) {
    for (temp.i = 1; temp.i <= MAX_STATS; temp.i++) {
      this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ temp.i) = {27 - temp.i, "(npc-server)", "Place Holder", "head19.png"};      
      this.("Stat_PlayerCache_" @ temp.stat).add("(npc-server" @ temp.i @")");
    }         
  }  
  
    //Loop from lowest score to highest
  for (temp.i=MAX_STATS; temp.i>=1; temp.i--) {
    temp.data = this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ temp.i);

    temp.score = temp.data[0];
    temp.owner = temp.data[1];
    
      //Not hit the lowest score- end the loop
    if (temp.i == MAX_STATS) {
      if (temp.value <= temp.score) {
        break;
      }
    }
        
    if (temp.value > temp.score) {
        //If it's the last entry, finally add it in!
      if (temp.i == MAX_STATS) continue;      
      
        //Replace old stats with new score
      this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ (temp.i + 1)) = temp.data;      
      this.("Stat_PlayerCache_" @ temp.stat)[(temp.i + 1)] = temp.owner;
            
        //If they've beaten the high score
      if (temp.i == 1) {
        this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ temp.i) = {temp.value, temp.pl, findplayer(temp.pl).nick, findplayer(temp.pl).head};      
        this.("Stat_PlayerCache_" @ temp.stat)[(temp.i)] = temp.pl;        
//        echo("-Beat High Score- Adding stat in at" SPC temp.i SPC "old-" @ temp.score @ ". new-" @ temp.value @ ".");      
      }      
    } else {
        //Replace the score where they should sit
      this.("Stat_" @ temp.stat @ "_" @ (temp.i + 1)) = {temp.value, temp.pl, findplayer(temp.pl).nick, findplayer(temp.pl).head};      
      this.("Stat_PlayerCache_" @ temp.stat)[(temp.i + 1)] = temp.pl;       
      break;
    }
  }

  this.trigger("update", "");
} 


So, I'm wanting a system which only displays the player in the list once.

The only way to do this is another loop- but what do you guys think?? Can you think of an alternative & more robust method