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Revision as of 17:06, 9 August 2019
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:GetRandomCreature/doc
local p = {}
local cargo = mw.ext.cargo
function p.main(frame)
local prefixes = ""
local infixes = ""
local postfixes = ""
local maxprefix
local minprefix
local maxinfix
local mininfix
local maxpostfix
local minpostfix
local titletemplate
local result = {}
local seed = frame.args.seed
if seed ~= nil then
math.randomseed(tonumber(seed))
end
--[get cargo row]--
local tables= 'HeroNames'
local fields= 'Prefixes, MinPrefixAmount, MaxPrefixAmount,Infixes, MinInfixAmount,MaxInfixAmount,Postfixes ,MinPostfixAmount,MaxPostfixAmount,TitleTemplate'
local args= {
where= 'BaseType="Crab"'
}
result = cargo.query(tables,fields,args)
if not next(result) then
error('no base type of that kind found.')
end
--[get prefixes array]--
local resultstring = ''
resultstring = result[1]['Prefixes']
local prefixtable= {}
local i = 1
for j in string.gmatch(resultstring,"%s*(%w+),?%s*") do
prefixtable[i] = j
i= i+1
end
--[get infixes array]--
local resultstring = ''
resultstring = result[1]['Infixes']
local infixtable= {}
local i = 1
for j in string.gmatch(resultstring,"%s*(%w+),?%s*") do
infixtable[i] = j
i= i+1
end
--[get postfixes array]--
local resultstring = ''
resultstring = result[1]['Postfixes']
local postfixtable= {}
local i = 1
for j in string.gmatch(resultstring,"%s*(%w+),?%s*") do
postfixtable[i] = j
i= i+1
end
--[get min/maxprefix stuff]--
minprefix=result[1]['MinPrefixAmount']
maxprefix=result[1]['MaxPrefixAmount']
for i=1,math.random(minprefix,maxprefix) do
prefixes = prefixes.. prefixtable[math.random(table.getn(prefixtable))]
end
mininfix=result[1]['MinInfixAmount']
maxinfix=result[1]['MaxInfixAmount']
for i=1,math.random(mininfix,maxinfix) do
infixes = infixes.. infixtable[math.random(table.getn(infixtable))]
end
minpostfix=result[1]['MinPostfixAmount']
maxpostfix=result[1]['MaxPostfixAmount']
for i=1,math.random(minpostfix,maxpostfix) do
postfixes = postfixes.. postfixtable[math.random(table.getn(postfixtable))]
end
--[title template]--
titletemplate=result[1]['TitleTemplate']
--[name fitting]--
local heroname= ((prefixes..infixes..postfixes):gsub("^%l", string.upper))
local a = string.gsub(titletemplate,'NAME',tostring(heroname))
local b = string.gsub(a,('BASETYPE'), 'crab')
return b
end
return p