#! /usr/bin/lua -- by Michael Anderson at -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8722620/comparing-two-index-tables-by-index-value-in-lua -- modified by Roger 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 -- Build list of all keys local kk = {} for k1, _ in pairs(t1) do kk[k1] = true end for k2, _ in pairs(t2) do kk[k2] = true end -- Check each key that exists in at least one table for _, k in ipairs(kk) do if (not recursive_compare(t1[k], t2[k])) then return false end end return true end function sortedsquares(lst) local q = {} for _, j in ipairs(lst) do table.insert(q, j * j) end table.sort(q) return q end if recursive_compare(sortedsquares({-2, -1, 0, 3, 4}), {0, 1, 4, 9, 16}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(sortedsquares({5, -4, -1, 3, 6}), {1, 9, 16, 25, 36}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")