From 41d591a69b41b8319baac0fed90da23d4220eb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattrixwv <m_ellison@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:46:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added function to create a string from a table

---
 Algorithms.lua     | 13 ++++++++++++
 testAlgorithms.lua | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Algorithms.lua b/Algorithms.lua
index 2f3fade..aa049a2 100644
--- a/Algorithms.lua
+++ b/Algorithms.lua
@@ -406,3 +406,16 @@ function toBin(num)
 	end
 	return binNum;
 end
+
+--Print a table
+function printTable(ary)
+	local tableString = "[";
+	for cnt = 1, #ary do
+		tableString = tableString .. tostring(ary[cnt]);
+		if(cnt < #ary) then
+			tableString = tableString .. ", ";
+		end
+	end
+	tableString = tableString .. "]";
+	return tableString;
+end
diff --git a/testAlgorithms.lua b/testAlgorithms.lua
index 9c9abca..59e2c5d 100644
--- a/testAlgorithms.lua
+++ b/testAlgorithms.lua
@@ -488,6 +488,52 @@ local function testToBin()
 	end
 end
 
+local function testPrintTable()
+	local failed = false;	--Signals whether a test was failed
+
+	--Test 1
+	local nums = {};
+	local correctAnswer = "[]";
+	local answer = printTable(nums);
+	if(answer ~= correctAnswer) then
+		io.write("printTable int failed the first test\n");
+	end
+	--Test 2
+	nums = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
+	correctAnswer = "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]";
+	answer = printTable(nums);
+	if(answer ~= correctAnswer) then
+		io.write("printTable int failed the second test\n");
+	end
+	--Test 3
+	nums = {-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3};
+	correctAnswer = "[-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3]";
+	answer = printTable(nums);
+	if(answer ~= correctAnswer) then
+		io.write("printTable int failed the third test\n");
+	end
+
+	--Test 4
+	local strings = {"A", "B", "C"};
+	correctAnswer = "[A, B, C]";
+	answer = printTable(strings);
+	if(answer ~= correctAnswer) then
+		io.write("printTable string failed the first test\n");
+	end
+	--Test 5
+	strings = {"abc", "def", "ghi"};
+	correctAnswer = "[abc, def, ghi]";
+	answer = printTable(strings);
+	if(answer ~= correctAnswer) then
+		io.write("printTable string failed the second test\n");
+	end
+
+	--Print a message if all of the tests passed
+	if(not failed) then
+		io.write("printTable passed all tests\n");
+	end
+end
+
 
 --Create the timer to time each test
 local timer = Stopwatch:create();
@@ -581,3 +627,9 @@ timer:start();
 testToBin();
 timer:stop();
 io.write("It took " .. timer:getString() .. " to run this test\n");
+
+--Test printTable
+timer:start();
+testPrintTable();
+timer:stop();
+io.write("It took " .. timer:getString() .. " to run this test\n");