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 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 and heroData["InDevelopment"] == false then
		table.insert(inGameHeroData, heroData)
	end
end

local p = {}

-- heroDataArray takes as arguments any keys or path of keys in the HeroData JSON,
-- e.g. Name, MaxHealth or LevelScaling>Health. A path of keys should be specified
-- as such, with the ">" character separating subsequent keys.
--{{#invoke:HeroDataArrays|heroDataArray|...}}
p.heroDataArray = function(frame)
	local outData = {}
	
	for i, heroData in ipairs(inGameHeroData) do -- Iterate over each hero
		local out = {}
		for j, key in pairs(frame.args) do
			if string.find(key, ">") ~= nil then			-- If key is actually a path of keys,
				local node = heroData           			-- starting with the biggest node heroData,
				for k in string.gmatch(key, "([^>]+)") do	-- iterate over each key,
					_node = node[k]							-- progressing down each node in the path,
					if _node == nil then					-- trying the numeric index if the string
						_node = node[tonumber(k)]			-- index fails.
					end
					node = _node
				end
				out[key] = node
			else
				out[key] = heroData[key]
			end
		end
		outData[heroData["Name"]] = out
	end
	return(outData)
end

return p