#!/usr/bin/env lua -- luarocks install stdlib local std = require'std' local function is_uniq(t) for i=1, #t do for j=i+1, #t do if t[i] == t[j] then return false end end end return true end local function most_frequent_even(t) if #std.functional.filter(std.functional.lambda('|e| e % 2 ~= 0'), std.elems,t) == #t then return -1 end t = std.functional.filter(std.functional.lambda('|e| e % 2 == 0'), std.elems,t) local hash = {} setmetatable(hash,{__index = function(t,k) return 0 end}) for i=1,#t do hash[t[i]] = hash[t[i]] + 1 end if is_uniq(std.table.values(hash)) then return math.min(std.table.unpack(std.table.keys(hash))) end local sorted = std.table.okeys(hash) for i=1,#sorted-1 do if hash[sorted[i]] == hash[sorted[i+1]] then return sorted[i] end end end print(most_frequent_even({1,1,2,6,2})) print(most_frequent_even({1,3,5,7})) print(most_frequent_even({6,4,4,6,1}))