RosettaCodeData/Task/Symmetric-difference/Lua/symmetric-difference-2.lua

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SetPrototype = {
__index = {
union = function(self, other)
local res = Set{}
for k in pairs(self) do res[k] = true end
for k in pairs(other) do res[k] = true end
return res
end,
intersection = function(self, other)
local res = Set{}
for k in pairs(self) do res[k] = other[k] end
return res
end,
difference = function(self, other)
local res = Set{}
for k in pairs(self) do
if not other[k] then res[k] = true end
end
return res
end,
symmetric_difference = function(self, other)
return self:difference(other):union(other:difference(self))
end
},
-- return string representation of set
__tostring = function(self)
-- list to collect all elements from the set
local l = {}
for k in pairs(self) do l[#l+1] = k end
return "{" .. table.concat(l, ", ") .. "}"
end,
-- allow concatenation with other types to yield string
__concat = function(a, b)
return (type(a) == 'string' and a or tostring(a)) ..
(type(b) == 'string' and b or tostring(b))
end
}
function Set(items)
local _set = {}
setmetatable(_set, SetPrototype)
for _, item in ipairs(items) do _set[item] = true end
return _set
end
A = Set{"John", "Serena", "Bob", "Mary", "Serena"}
B = Set{"Jim", "Mary", "John", "Jim", "Bob"}
print("Set A: " .. A)
print("Set B: " .. B)
print("\nSymm. difference (A\\B)(B\\A): " .. A:symmetric_difference(B))
print("Union AB : " .. A:union(B))
print("Intersection A∩B : " .. A:intersection(B))
print("Difference A\\B : " .. A:difference(B))
print("Difference B\\A : " .. B:difference(A))