local ints = {-2,0,3,-5,2,-1} local point = {0,2} function Sum(x) local points = x[1] local index = x[2] local sum = 0 for i= index[1]+1,index[2]+1 do sum = sum + points[i] end print(sum) end local input = { {{-2,0,3,-5,2,-1},{0,2}}, {{1, -2, 3, -4, 5}, {1,3}}, {{1, 0, 2, -1, 3},{3,4}} , {{-5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0},{0,3}}, {{-1, 0, 2, -3, -2, 1},{0,2}} } for _,v in ipairs(input) do Sum(v) end