Module:Sandbox/Aurelain/SkillInfobox

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Sandbox/Aurelain/SkillInfobox/doc

-- This module is intended as a supporting muscle for the SkillInfobox template.
local p = {}

-- Creates a template instruction as string (ready for preprocessing) from arguments
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local function buildTemplate(args)
    local template = args.template or ''
    local lines = { '{{' .. template }
    for key, value in pairs(args) do
        if key ~= 'template' and type(key) ~= "number" then
            table.insert(lines, '|' .. key .. '=' .. value)
        end
    end
    return table.concat(lines, '\n') .. '}}'
end

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function p.listEpicClasses(frame)
    local csv = frame.args[1] or ''
    local genericTemplateString = buildTemplate(frame.args)

    local epicClasses = mw.text.split(mw.text.trim(csv), ',')
    local results = {}
    for _, epicId in ipairs(epicClasses) do
        -- Infer hero class id:
        local faction, type = epicId:match('([^_]+)_([^_]+)_[0-9]$')
        faction = faction or ''
        faction = faction:gsub('s$', '')
        type = type or ''
        local heroClass = type .. '_' .. faction

        -- Replace dynamic parameters:
        local templateString = genericTemplateString:gsub('#epic_class_id', epicId)
        templateString = templateString:gsub('#hero_class_id', heroClass)

        -- Preprocess
        table.insert(results, frame:preprocess(templateString))
    end

    return table.concat(results, '')
end

return p