#! /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 cardano(ct) local out={} local k=0 local cn=0 while true do local a=3*k+2 local b2c=(k+1)*(k+1)*(8*k+5) local b=0 local b2=0 local inc=1 while true do b = b + 1 b2 = b2 + inc inc = inc + 2 if b2 > b2c then break end if b2c % b2 == 0 then table.insert(out,{a,b,b2c/b2}) cn = cn + 1 if cn >= ct then break end end end if cn >= ct then break end k = k + 1 end return out end if recursive_compare(cardano(5),{{2,1,5}, {5,1,52}, {5,2,13}, {8,1,189}, {8,3,21}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")