#! /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 splitarray(list) local out = { {}, {} } for i, ins in ipairs(list) do local av = {} local bv = {} for c in string.gmatch(ins, ".") do if c >= "0" and c <= "9" then table.insert(av, c + 0) elseif c >= "a" and c <= "z" then table.insert(bv, c) end end if #av > 0 then table.insert(out[1], av) end if #bv > 0 then table.insert(out[2], bv) end end return out end if (recursive_compare(splitarray({"a 1 2 b 0", "3 c 4 d"}), { {{1, 2, 0}, {3, 4}}, {{'a', 'b'}, {'c', 'd'}} })) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if (recursive_compare(splitarray({"1 2", "p q r", "s 3", "4 5 t"}), { {{1, 2}, {3}, {4, 5}}, {{'p', 'q', 'r'}, {'s'}, {'t'}} })) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")