#! /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 duplicateandmissing(a) local flags = 0 local dup = 0 local mis = 0 local exp = a[1] for i, n in ipairs(a) do if n < exp then dup = n flags = flags | 1 elseif n > exp then mis = exp flags = flags | 2 end if flags == 3 then return {dup, mis} end exp = n + 1 end if flags == 1 then return {dup, exp} end return {-1} end if recursive_compare(duplicateandmissing({1, 2, 2, 4}), {2, 3}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(duplicateandmissing({1, 2, 3, 4}), {-1}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(duplicateandmissing({1, 2, 3, 3}), {3, 4}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")