#! /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 duplicatezeros(a) local out = {} for i, t in ipairs(a) do table.insert(out, t) if t == 0 then table.insert(out, t) end if #out >= #a then break end end while #out > #a do table.remove(out) end return out end if recursive_compare(duplicatezeros({1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5, 0}), {1, 0, 0, 2, 3, 0, 0, 4}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(duplicatezeros({1, 2, 3}), {1, 2, 3}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(duplicatezeros({0, 3, 0, 4, 5}), {0, 0, 3, 0, 0}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")