#! /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 pairs(kk) do if (not recursive_compare(t1[k], t2[k])) then return false end end return true end function keys(t) local a = {} for k, v in pairs(t) do table.insert(a, k) end return a end function deepcopy(src) local dst = {} for k, v in pairs(src) do if type(v) == "table" then v = deepcopy(v) end dst[k] = v end return dst end function permute(a) local out = {} local n = #a local c = {} for i = 1,n do table.insert(c, 1) end table.insert(out, deepcopy(a)) local i=1 while true do if i > n then break end if c[i] < i then if i % 2 == 1 then a[1],a[i] = a[i],a[1] else a[c[i]],a[i] = a[i],a[c[i]] end table.insert(out, deepcopy(a)) c[i] = c[i]+1 i = 1 else c[i] = 1 i = i+1 end end return out end function propersize(t) local l=0 for k,v in pairs(t) do l = l + 1 end return l end function squared(a) return a * a end function encode(sq, base) local a = 0 for _, v in ipairs(sq) do a = a * base a = a + v end return a end function decode(a, base) local eq = {} while a > 0 do table.insert(eq, 1, a % base) a = a // base end return eq end function squareful(lst) local results = {} local squares = {} local base = math.max(table.unpack(lst)) + 1 for _, la in ipairs(permute(lst)) do local squareful = true for i = 1, #la-1 do local cs = la[i] + la[i + 1] local mx = squared(propersize(squares)) while cs > mx do mx = squared(propersize(squares) + 1) squares[mx] = true end if squares[cs] == nil then squareful = false break end end if squareful then results[encode(la, base)] = true end end local o = keys(results) table.sort(o) local out = {} for _, v in ipairs(o) do table.insert(out, decode(v, base)) end return out end if recursive_compare(squareful({1, 17, 8}), {{1, 8, 17}, {17, 8, 1}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(squareful({2, 2, 2}), {{2, 2, 2}}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")