#! /usr/bin/lua -- by Michael Anderson at -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8722620/comparing-two-index-tables-by-index-value-in-lua function recursive_compare(t1,t2) -- Use usual comparison first. if t1==t2 then return true end -- We only support non-default behavior for tables if (type(t1)~="table") then return false end -- They better have the same metatables local mt1 = getmetatable(t1) local mt2 = getmetatable(t2) if( not recursive_compare(mt1,mt2) ) then return false end -- Check each key-value pair -- We have to do this both ways in case we miss some. -- TODO: Could probably be smarter and not check those we've -- already checked though! for k1,v1 in pairs(t1) do local v2 = t2[k1] if( not recursive_compare(v1,v2) ) then return false end end for k2,v2 in pairs(t2) do local v1 = t1[k2] if( not recursive_compare(v1,v2) ) then return false end end return true end function ulam(u,v,count) ulams={u,v} sieve={} uc=v while #ulams < count do for i = #sieve+1,uc + ulams[#ulams-1] do table.insert(sieve,0) end for i = 1,#ulams-1 do j=uc+ulams[i] sieve[j] = sieve[j] + 1 end for i = uc+1,#sieve do if sieve[i] == 1 then uc = i table.insert(ulams,uc) break end end end return ulams end if recursive_compare(ulam(1,2,10),{1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(ulam(2,3,10),{2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(ulam(2,5,10),{2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 23}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")