Module:NameGenerator

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:NameGenerator/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
local style = frame.args.style or 'Qudish'

if seed ~= nil and seed ~= ''then
 math.randomseed(seed:gsub("%w",string.byte))
end


--[get cargo row]--
local tables= 'HeroNames'
local fields= 'Prefixes, MinPrefixAmount, MaxPrefixAmount,Infixes, MinInfixAmount,MaxInfixAmount,Postfixes ,MinPostfixAmount,MaxPostfixAmount,TitleTemplate' 
local args= {
 where= 'BaseType="' .. style .. '"'
}
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'), style)

return b
end

function p.a(seed)
  math.randomseed(tonumber(seed))
  local count = cargo.query('Characters=C, GeneralData=GD', 'TRIM(COUNT(C._pageName))=Number', {join='C.JoinKey=GD.JoinKey', where='C._pageNamespace="0" AND GD.Categories <> "Walls"'})[1]['Number']
  local offsetin = math.random(0 , tonumber(count))
  local tables = 'Characters=C, GeneralData=GD'
  local fields = 'GD.PlainName=Name, GD._pageName=Page'
  local args ={join='C._pageName=GD._pageName', where='GD._pageNamespace="0" AND GD.Categories <> "Walls"', offset=offsetin,limit = 1}
  local result = cargo.query(tables, fields, args)
  if not next(result) then
    error('?????')
  end
  return '[[' .. result[1]['Page'] .. '|'.. result[1]['Name'] .. ']]'
end

function p.getRandomChara(frame)
  return p.a(frame.args.seed)
end

function p.test(seed)
  return p.a(tostring(seed))
end
return p