RosettaCodeData/Task/Yellowstone-sequence/Lua/yellowstone-sequence.lua

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Lua

function gcd(a, b)
if b == 0 then
return a
end
return gcd(b, a % b)
end
function printArray(a)
io.write('[')
for i,v in pairs(a) do
if i > 1 then
io.write(', ')
end
io.write(v)
end
io.write(']')
return nil
end
function removeAt(a, i)
local na = {}
for j,v in pairs(a) do
if j ~= i then
table.insert(na, v)
end
end
return na
end
function yellowstone(sequenceCount)
local yellow = {1, 2, 3}
local num = 4
local notYellow = {}
local yellowSize = 3
while yellowSize < sequenceCount do
local found = -1
for i,test in pairs(notYellow) do
if gcd(yellow[yellowSize - 1], test) > 1 and gcd(yellow[yellowSize - 0], test) == 1 then
found = i
break
end
end
if found >= 0 then
table.insert(yellow, notYellow[found])
notYellow = removeAt(notYellow, found)
yellowSize = yellowSize + 1
else
while true do
if gcd(yellow[yellowSize - 1], num) > 1 and gcd(yellow[yellowSize - 0], num) == 1 then
table.insert(yellow, num)
yellowSize = yellowSize + 1
num = num + 1
break
end
table.insert(notYellow, num)
num = num + 1
end
end
end
return yellow
end
function main()
print("First 30 values in the yellowstone sequence:")
printArray(yellowstone(30))
print()
end
main()