#! /usr/bin/lua function relativesort(list1, list2) local c = {} for _, n in ipairs(list1) do if c[n] == nil then c[n] = 1 else c[n] = c[n] + 1 end end local out = {} for _, i in ipairs(list2) do if c[i] ~= nil then for j = 1, c[i] do table.insert(out, i) end end end local d ={} for k, _ in pairs(c) do table.insert(d, k) end table.sort(d, function (i, j) return i > j end) for _, i in ipairs(d) do for j = 1, c[i] do table.insert(out, i) end end return out end -- 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 if recursive_compare(relativesort({2, 3, 9, 3, 1, 4, 6, 7, 2, 8, 5}, {2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6}), {2, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(relativesort({3, 3, 4, 6, 2, 4, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 3, 2}), {1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 6}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(relativesort({3, 0, 5, 0, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 3, 2}), {1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 2, 4, 5}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")