arr = {11,2,4,4,5,6,10,8,-12} function diagonalDifference(arr) dimesion = math.sqrt(#arr) arr1 = {} sum1 = 0 arr2 = {} sum2 = 0 for i=1,dimesion do for j=1,dimesion do if(i == j)then arr1[j] = arr[1 + (j - 1) * (dimesion + 1)] sum1 = sum1 + arr1[j] --print(arr1[j]) end end end for i=1,dimesion do if((i + j) == (dimesion + 1))then arr1[j] = arr[dimesion + (j - 1) * (dimesion - 1)] sum2 = sum2 + arr1[j] --print(arr1[j]) end end end return math.abs(sum2 - sum1) end print(diagonalDifference(arr))