RosettaCodeData/Task/Range-extraction/Lua/range-extraction.lua

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Lua

function extractRange (rList)
local rExpr, startVal = ""
for k, v in pairs(rList) do
if rList[k + 1] == v + 1 then
if not startVal then startVal = v end
else
if startVal then
if v == startVal + 1 then
rExpr = rExpr .. startVal .. "," .. v .. ","
else
rExpr = rExpr .. startVal .. "-" .. v .. ","
end
startVal = nil
else
rExpr = rExpr .. v .. ","
end
end
end
return rExpr:sub(1, -2)
end
local intList = {
0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39
}
print(extractRange(intList))