#! /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 distringmatch(a) local v = 1 << (#a - 1) local wv = v << 1 local out = {wv} local r = {wv} for c in string.gmatch(a, ".") do if c == "I" then wv = wv + v else wv = wv - v end v = v >> 1 table.insert(out, wv) table.insert(r, wv) end table.sort(r) local c = {} for i = 1, #r do c[r[i]] = i end local o = {} for _, n in ipairs(out) do table.insert(o, c[n]) end return o end if recursive_compare(distringmatch("IDID"), {0, 4, 1, 3, 2}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(distringmatch("III"), {0, 1, 2, 3}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(distringmatch("DDI"), {3, 2, 0, 1}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")