#! /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 arithmeticmean(s) local t=0 for k,v in ipairs(s) do t = t + v end return t / #s end function geometricmean(s) local t=1 for k,v in ipairs(s) do t = t * v end return t ^ (1/#s) end function harmonicmean(s) local t=0 for k,v in ipairs(s) do t = t + 1/v end return #s / t end function round1(x) return math.floor(10*x+0.499999)/10 end function pythagoreanmeans(s) return { AM = round1(arithmeticmean(s)); GM = round1(geometricmean(s)); HM = round1(harmonicmean(s)) } end if recursive_compare(pythagoreanmeans({1,3,5,7,9}), { AM = 5.0; GM = 3.9; HM = 2.8 }) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(pythagoreanmeans({2,4,6,8,10}), { AM = 6.0; GM = 5.2; HM = 4.4 }) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(pythagoreanmeans({1,2,3,4,5}), { AM = 3.0; GM = 2.6; HM = 2.2 }) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")