RosettaCodeData/Task/Average-loop-length/Lua/average-loop-length.lua

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Lua

function average(n, reps)
local count = 0
for r = 1, reps do
local f = {}
for i = 1, n do f[i] = math.random(n) end
local seen, x = {}, 1
while not seen[x] do
seen[x], x, count = true, f[x], count+1
end
end
return count / reps
end
function analytical(n)
local s, t = 1, 1
for i = n-1, 1, -1 do t=t*i/n s=s+t end
return s
end
print(" N average analytical (error)")
print("=== ========= ============ =========")
for n = 1, 20 do
local avg, ana = average(n, 1e6), analytical(n)
local err = (avg-ana) / ana * 100
print(string.format("%3d %9.4f %12.4f (%6.3f%%)", n, avg, ana, err))
end