#! /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 sequencenumber(list) local nn = 0 local out = {} for i, ins in ipairs(list) do table.insert(out, string.format("%02d%4s", nn, string.sub(ins, 3, 6))) nn = nn + 1 end return out end if recursive_compare(sequencenumber({"ab1234", "cd5678", "ef1342"}), {"001234", "015678", "021342"}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(sequencenumber({"pq1122", "rs3334"}), {"001122", "013334"}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")