local triangleSmall = {
    { 55 },
    { 94, 48 },
    { 95, 30, 96 },
    { 77, 71, 26, 67 },
}

local triangleLarge = {
    { 55 },
    { 94, 48 },
    { 95, 30, 96 },
    { 77, 71, 26, 67 },
    { 97, 13, 76, 38, 45 },
    {  7, 36, 79, 16, 37, 68 },
    { 48,  7,  9, 18, 70, 26,  6 },
    { 18, 72, 79, 46, 59, 79, 29, 90 },
    { 20, 76, 87, 11, 32,  7,  7, 49, 18 },
    { 27, 83, 58, 35, 71, 11, 25, 57, 29, 85 },
    { 14, 64, 36, 96, 27, 11, 58, 56, 92, 18, 55 },
    {  2, 90,  3, 60, 48, 49, 41, 46, 33, 36, 47, 23 },
    { 92, 50, 48,  2, 36, 59, 42, 79, 72, 20, 82, 77, 42 },
    { 56, 78, 38, 80, 39, 75,  2, 71, 66, 66,  1,  3, 55, 72 },
    { 44, 25, 67, 84, 71, 67, 11, 61, 40, 57, 58, 89, 40, 56, 36 },
    { 85, 32, 25, 85, 57, 48, 84, 35, 47, 62, 17,  1,  1, 99, 89, 52 },
    {  6, 71, 28, 75, 94, 48, 37, 10, 23, 51,  6, 48, 53, 18, 74, 98, 15 },
    { 27,  2, 92, 23,  8, 71, 76, 84, 15, 52, 92, 63, 81, 10, 44, 10, 69, 93 },
};

function solve(triangle)

    -- Get total number of rows in triangle.
    local nRows = table.getn(triangle)

    -- Start at 2nd-to-last row and work up to the top.
    for row = nRows-1, 1, -1 do

        -- For each value in row, add the max of the 2 children beneath it.
        for i = 1, row do
            local child1 = triangle[row+1][i]
            local child2 = triangle[row+1][i+1]
            triangle[row][i] = triangle[row][i] + math.max(child1, child2)
        end

    end

    -- The top of the triangle now holds the answer.
    return triangle[1][1];

end

print(solve(triangleSmall))
print(solve(triangleLarge))