Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Appear/doc
local p = {}
-- Create a table t to hold the data from Module:Appear/data
local t = mw.loadData('Module:Appear/data')
-- Create a table to see which seasons have been written and which haven't
local seasons = {}
local writeAll, writeSeason, writeEpisode, writeSidenote
-- Sends the arguments given to the template to the write function
-- and returns everything put together into a string
function p.main(frame)
local text = ""
local args = frame:getParent().args
for i, v in ipairs(args) do
if v ~= '' then
if i ~= 1 then
text = text .. '\n'
end
text = text .. writeAll(v)
end
end
return text
end
-- Splits the argument into pieces and sends the right pieces to
-- writeSeason, writeEpisode, and writeSidenote
-- They are then put together and returned
writeAll = function (arg)
local seasoncode = ""
local episodecode = ""
local sidenotecode = ""
local first = arg:sub(1, 1)
if tonumber(first) then
seasoncode = first
episodecode = arg:sub(1, 3)
sidenotecode = arg:sub(4)
elseif first == 'a' then
seasoncode = arg:sub(4)
episodecode = arg
elseif first == 'i' then
episodecode = 'intro'
elseif first == 's' then
seasoncode = 'short'
episodecode = arg:sub(1, 7)
sidenotecode = arg:sub(8)
else
local lowerIndex = arg:find( '%l' )
seasoncode = 'game'
if lowerIndex then
episodecode = arg:sub(1, lowerIndex - 1)
sidenotecode = arg:sub(lowerIndex)
else
episodecode = arg
end
end
local season = writeSeason(seasoncode)
local episode = writeEpisode(episodecode)
local sidenote = writeSidenote(sidenotecode)
return season .. episode .. sidenote
end
writeSeason = function (season)
if not seasons[season] and t[season] then
seasons[season] = true
return '===' .. t[season] .. '===\n'
else
return ''
end
end
writeEpisode = function (episode)
return '*' .. t[episode]
end
writeSidenote = function (sidenote)
if t[sidenote] then
return ' <sup>(' .. t[sidenote] .. ')</sup>'
else
return ''
end
end
return p