#! /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 twoofthree(a) local ct = {} for _i, iv in ipairs(a) do local i = {} for _j, jv in ipairs(iv) do i[jv] = true end for k, _v in pairs(i) do if ct[k] == nil then ct[k] = 1 else ct[k] = ct[k] + 1 end end end local out = {} for k, v in pairs(ct) do if v >= 2 then table.insert(out, k) end end table.sort(out) return out end if recursive_compare(twoofthree({{1, 1, 2, 4}, {2, 4}, {4}}), {2, 4}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(twoofthree({{4, 1}, {2, 4}, {1, 2}}), {1, 2, 4}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")