Module:HeroDataArrays

Overview

This module consists of one generic function, heroDataArray, and a series of functions that create specific wikitables using the output from heroDataArray.

---

local p = {}

local allHeroData = mw.loadJsonData("Data:HeroData.json")
local inGameHeroData = {}

-- Just get heroes that are playable
for i, heroData in pairs(allHeroData) do
	if heroData["IsDisabled"] == false then
		table.insert(inGameHeroData, heroData)
	end
end

-- heroDataArray takes as argument a table of any length containing keys or 
-- paths of keys in the HeroData JSON, e.g. {Name, MaxHealth, LevelScaling>Health}.
-- A path of keys should be specified as such, with the ">" character separating
-- subsequent keys.
local heroDataArray = function(args)
	local outData = {}
	
	for i, heroData in ipairs(inGameHeroData) do			-- Iterate over each hero
		local out = {}										-- First creating a table to hold data
		for j, key in pairs(args) do						-- Iterate over each key:
			if string.find(key, ">") ~= nil then			-- If the key is actually a path of keys,
				local node = heroData           			-- start with the biggest node heroData, and
				for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do	-- iterate over each key, splitting on ">",
					if node[k] ~= nil then					-- trying the key as a string e.g. "1",
						node = node[k]						
					else									-- else using the key as numeric,
						node = node[tonumber(k)]
					end										-- drilling down the JSON node after node
				end
				out[key] = node								-- until outputting the final node
			else
				out[key] = heroData[key]					-- or just grab the data if not a path
			end
		end
		outData[heroData["Name"]] = out						-- Save data in the big table of heroes
	end
	return(outData)
end

p.heroHealthTable = function(frame)
	-- Pull data
	heroHealthData = heroDataArray({"Name", "MaxHealth", "LevelScaling>MaxHealth"})

	-- Input table will be called a, output wikitable will be called z
	-- From a to z, haha get it
	z = "{| class=\"wikitable sortable mw-collapsible\" style=\"text-align:center\" \n"..
		"|+ Hero Base Health Stats \n"..
		"! Hero !! Starting !! Added per PI !! At Max PI \n"

	-- Iterate over heroes adding a new row to the wikitable for each
	for i,a in pairs(heroHealthData) do
		z = z..
			"|- \n"..
			"| style=\"text-align:left;\" | "..
				frame:expandTemplate{title="PageRef", args={a["Name"]}}..
				" || "..a["MaxHealth"].." || +"..a["LevelScaling>MaxHealth"].." || "..
				tostring(tonumber(a["MaxHealth"])+tonumber(a["LevelScaling>MaxHealth"])*14).." \n"
	end
	
	-- Cap it off
	z = z.."|}"
	
	return z
end

p.heroRegenTable = function(frame)
	heroRegenData = heroDataArray({"Name", "BaseHealthRegen"})
	
	z = "{| class=\"wikitable sortable mw-collapsible\" style=\"text-align:center\" \n"..
		"|+ Hero Base Health Regen \n"..
		"! Hero !! HP/s \n"

	for i,a in pairs(heroRegenData) do
		z = z..
			"|- \n"..
			"| style=\"text-align:left;\" | "..
				frame:expandTemplate{title="PageRef", args={a["Name"]}}..
				" || "..a["BaseHealthRegen"].." \n"
	end
	z = z.."|}"
	return z
end

p.heroDpsTable = function(frame)
	heroDpsData = heroDataArray({"Name","ReloadSingle","ReloadDelay","ReloadTime",
		"ClipSize","RoundsPerSecond","BulletDamage","BulletsPerShot"})
   
	z = "{| class=\"wikitable sortable mw-collapsible\" style=\"text-align:center\" \n"..
		"|+ Hero Base Damage \n"..
		"! Hero !! Reload Delay (s) !! Reload Time (s) !! Ammo !! Bullets per sec !! Bullet Damage !! Bullets Per Shot \n"
		
	for i,a in pairs(heroDpsData) do
		z = z..
			"|- \n"..
			"| style=\"text-align:left;\" | "..
				frame:expandTemplate{title="PageRef", args={a["Name"]}}..
				" || "..a["ReloadDelay"].." || "..a["ReloadTime"].."  || "..a["ClipSize"]..
				" || "..a["RoundsPerSecond"].." || "..a["BulletDamage"].." || "..a["BulletsPerShot"].." \n"
	end
	z = z.."|}"
	return z
end
	
return p