tests = {{{3}, {1,4,2,3,5}}, {{4}, {9,0,6,2,3,8,5}}} for _, test in ipairs(tests) do local i = test[1][1] local nums = test[2] io.write("i= ", i, "; nums= ", table.concat(nums, " "), " => ") for _, j in ipairs(nums) do if j > i then io.write(j, " ") end end print("") end