#! /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 keys(t) local a = {} for k, v in pairs(t) do table.insert(a, k) end return a end function rankarray(a) local k = {} for _, c in ipairs(a) do k[c] = true end local b = keys(k) table.sort(b) local c = {} for i, n in ipairs(b) do c[n] = i end local out = {} for _, v in ipairs(a) do table.insert(out, c[v]) end return out end if recursive_compare(rankarray({55, 22, 44, 33}), {4, 1, 3, 2}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(rankarray({10, 10, 10}), {1, 1, 1}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end io.write(" ") if recursive_compare(rankarray({5, 1, 1, 4, 3}), {4, 1, 1, 3, 2}) then io.write("Pass") else io.write("FAIL") end print("")