diff --git a/binding/lua/multiverso.lua b/binding/lua/multiverso.lua
index e90c448..869ea36 100644
--- a/binding/lua/multiverso.lua
+++ b/binding/lua/multiverso.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 mv = {}
 
 ffi = require('ffi')
+util = require('util')
+
 ffi.cdef[[
     typedef void* TableHandler;
     void MV_Init(int* argc, char* argv[]);
@@ -72,18 +74,11 @@ end
 function mv.ArrayTableHandler:get()
     cdata = ffi.new("float[?]", self._size)
     libmv.MV_GetArrayTable(self._handler[0], cdata, self._size)
-    data = {}
-    for i=1, tonumber(self._size) do
-        data[i] = cdata[i - 1]
-    end
-    return torch.Tensor(data)
+    return util.cdata2tensor(cdata, tonumber(self._size))
 end
 
 function mv.ArrayTableHandler:add(data)
-    cdata = ffi.new("float[?]", self._size)
-    for i=1, tonumber(self._size) do
-        cdata[i - 1] = data[i]
-    end
+    cdata = util.tensor2cdata(data, tonumber(self._size))
     libmv.MV_AddArrayTable(self._handler[0], cdata, self._size)
 end
 
diff --git a/binding/lua/util.lua b/binding/lua/util.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..033ff40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding/lua/util.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env lua
+
+util = {}
+
+ffi = require('ffi')
+
+function util.cdata2tensor(cdata, size)
+    data = {}
+    for i=1, size do
+        data[i] = cdata[i - 1]
+    end
+    return torch.Tensor(data)
+end
+
+function util.tensor2cdata(data, size, cdata_type)
+    cdata_type = cdata_type or "float[?]"
+    cdata = ffi.new(cdata_type, size)
+    for i=1, size do
+        cdata[i - 1] = data[i]
+    end
+    return cdata
+end
+
+return util