#! /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 kronecker(a,b) local o = {} local ax = #a[1] local ay = #a local bx = #b[1] local by = #b for y = 0, ay * by - 1 do local byi = y % by local ayi = math.floor(y / by) local row = {} for x = 0, ax * bx - 1 do local bxi = x % bx local axi = math.floor(x / bx) table.insert(row,a[ayi+1][axi+1] * b[byi+1][bxi+1]) end table.insert(o,row) end return o end if recursive_compare(kronecker( {{1,2},{3,4}}, {{5,6},{7,8}} ), { { 5, 6, 10, 12}, { 7, 8, 14, 16}, {15, 18, 20, 24}, {21, 24, 28, 32} }) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")