#! /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 keys(t) local a = {} for k, v in pairs(t) do table.insert(a, k) end return a end function frequencysort(a) local ct = {} for _, x in ipairs(a) do if ct[x] == nil then ct[x] = 1 else ct[x] = ct[x] + 1 end end local rct = {} for k, v in pairs(ct) do if rct[v] == nil then rct[v] = {} end table.insert(rct[v], k) end local out = {} local rctk = keys(rct) table.sort(rctk) for _i, k in ipairs(rctk) do local vv = rct[k] table.sort(vv, function (aa, bb) return bb < aa end) for _j, v in ipairs(vv) do for _k = 1, k do table.insert(out, v) end end end return out end if recursive_compare(frequencysort({1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3}), {3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(frequencysort({2, 3, 1, 3, 2}), {1, 3, 3, 2, 2}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(frequencysort({-1, 1, -6, 4, 5, -6, 1, 4, 1}), {5, -1, 4, 4, -6, -6, 1, 1, 1}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")