#! /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) if t1==t2 then return true end if (type(t1)~="table") then return false end local mt1 = getmetatable(t1) local mt2 = getmetatable(t2) if( not recursive_compare(mt1,mt2) ) then return false end 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 rangelist(l) local o = {} local start = l[1] local prev = start for i, v in ipairs(l) do if i > 1 then if v ~= prev + 1 then if prev > start then table.insert(o, {start, prev}) end start = v end prev = v end end if prev > start then table.insert(o, {start, prev}) end return o end if recursive_compare(rangelist({1, 3, 4, 5, 7}), {{3, 5}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(rangelist({1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9}), {{1, 3}, {6, 7}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(rangelist({0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9}), {{0, 2}, {4, 6}, {8, 9}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")