#! /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 genprimes(mx) local primesh = {} for i = 2, 3 do primesh[i] = true end for i = 6, mx, 6 do for j = i-1, i+1, 2 do if j <= mx then primesh[j]=true end end end local q={2,3,5,7} local p=table.remove(q,1) local mr=math.floor(math.sqrt(mx)) while p <= mr do if primesh[p] ~= nil then for i = p*p,mx,p do primesh[i] = nil end end if #q < 2 then table.insert(q,q[#q]+4) table.insert(q,q[#q]+2) end p=table.remove(q,1) end local primes = {} for k,v in pairs(primesh) do table.insert(primes,k) end table.sort(primes) return primes end function primefactor(n) local f={} local m=n for k,p in pairs(genprimes(1+math.floor(math.sqrt(m)))) do while m % p == 0 do m=math.floor(m/p) if f[p] == nil then f[p]=1 else f[p] = f[p] + 1 end if m==1 then break end end end if m>1 then if f[m] == nil then f[m]=1 else f[m] = f[m] + 1 end end return f end function primefactorcount(n) local r = 0 for k, v in pairs(primefactor(n)) do r = r + v end return r end function primeorder(a) local b = a local c = {} for _, v in ipairs(b) do if c[v] == nil then c[v] = primefactorcount(v) end end table.sort(b, function(a, b) if c[a] == c[b] then return a < b else return c[a] < c[b] end end) return b end if recursive_compare(primeorder({11, 8, 27, 4}), {11, 4, 8, 27}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")