From 218f566a543df38b73a0388e4db92dab0741ce1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaro Saila <aaros.saila@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:58:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ch06 exercises

---
 exercises/ch06/ex6_1.lua |  8 ++++++++
 exercises/ch06/ex6_2.lua |  5 +++++
 exercises/ch06/ex6_3.lua |  7 +++++++
 exercises/ch06/ex6_4.lua | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 exercises/ch06/ex6_1.lua
 create mode 100644 exercises/ch06/ex6_2.lua
 create mode 100644 exercises/ch06/ex6_3.lua
 create mode 100644 exercises/ch06/ex6_4.lua

diff --git a/exercises/ch06/ex6_1.lua b/exercises/ch06/ex6_1.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b015de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/ch06/ex6_1.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+local function print_array(a)
+    for _, v in pairs(a) do
+        print(v)
+    end
+end
+
+print_array({ 1, 2, 3 })
+print_array({ "a", 2, "hello", 99 })
diff --git a/exercises/ch06/ex6_2.lua b/exercises/ch06/ex6_2.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6449623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/ch06/ex6_2.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+local function f(...)
+    return select(2, ...)
+end
+
+print(f(1, 2, 3, 4))
diff --git a/exercises/ch06/ex6_3.lua b/exercises/ch06/ex6_3.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57f2051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/ch06/ex6_3.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+local function f(...)
+    local t = table.pack(...)
+    return table.unpack(t, 1, t.n - 1)
+end
+
+print(f(1, 2, 3, 4))
+print(f("a", "b", "c", "d"))
diff --git a/exercises/ch06/ex6_4.lua b/exercises/ch06/ex6_4.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7215df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/ch06/ex6_4.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+local function shuffle(l)
+    for i = 1, #l do
+        local new_i = math.random(1, #l)
+        local tmp = l[new_i]
+        l[new_i] = l[i]
+        l[i] = tmp
+    end
+end
+
+local function table_str(t)
+    local str = "{"
+    for _, v in pairs(t) do
+        if type(v) == "string" then
+            v = '"' .. v .. '"'
+        end
+        str = ("%s %s,"):format(str, v)
+    end
+
+    str = str .. " }"
+
+    return str
+end
+
+local function test(l)
+    local str = ("%s -> "):format(table_str(l))
+    shuffle(l)
+    str = str .. table_str(l)
+    print(str)
+end
+
+math.randomseed(os.time())
+
+test({ 1, 2, 3, 4 })
+test({ "a", "b", "c", "d" })