Test for shallow comparing tables in Roblox Studio.

TestTableComparison.lua

local function TestTableComparison(eq)
	local function ComparableTable(instance)
		return setmetatable(instance, { __eq = eq })
	end

	local a = ComparableTable({ 1, 2, 3, "banana", "apple", 4, 5 })
	local b = ComparableTable({ 1, 2, 3, "banana", "apple", 4, 5 })

	local c = ComparableTable({ 1, 2, 3, "banana", "apple", 4, 5 })
	local d = ComparableTable({ 1, 2, 3, "banana", "orange", 4, 5 })

	assert(a == b, "Tables a and b are not equal.")
	assert(c ~= d, "Tables c and d are equal.")

	print("All table equality tests have passed.")
end

TestTableComparison(function(a, b)
    for i, v in a do
        if v ~= b[i] then
            return false
        end
    end
    return true
end)

TestTableComparison(function(a, b)
	return table.concat(a, ",") == table.concat(b, ",") -- This is slower way of checking equality
end)