#! /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 shuffle(input) local ix = {} local keys = {} for n = 1, #input do table.insert(ix, n) table.insert(keys, math.random()) end table.sort(ix, function (i, j) return keys[i] < keys[j] end) local out = {} for _, v in ipairs(ix) do table.insert(out, input[v]) end return out end function sixoffortynine() local candidates = {} for n = 1, 49 do table.insert(candidates, n) end candidates = shuffle(candidates) local o = {} for n = 1, 6 do table.insert(o, candidates[n]) end candidates = o table.sort(candidates, function (i, j) return i < j end) for n = 1, 6 do print(candidates[n]) end end sixoffortynine()