RosettaCodeData/Task/Semordnilap/Lua/semordnilap.lua

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#!/usr/bin/env lua
-- allow dictionary file and sample size to be specified on command line
local dictfile = arg[1] or "unixdict.txt"
local sample_size = arg[2] or 5;
-- read dictionary
local f = assert(io.open(dictfile, "r"))
local dict = {}
for line in f:lines() do
dict[line] = line:reverse()
end
f:close()
-- find the semordnilaps
local semordnilaps = {}
for fwd, rev in pairs(dict) do
if dict[rev] and fwd < rev then
table.insert(semordnilaps, {fwd,rev})
end
end
-- print the report
print("There are " .. #semordnilaps .. " semordnilaps in " .. dictfile .. ". Here are " .. sample_size .. ":")
do
-- unpack is in table in Lua 5.4
local unpack = table.unpack or unpack
math.randomseed( os.time() )
for i = 1, sample_size do
local j
repeat
j = math.random(1,#semordnilaps)
until semordnilaps[j]
local f, r = unpack(semordnilaps[j])
semordnilaps[j] = nil
print(f .. " -> " .. r)
end
end