Module:ItemsByStat

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:ItemsByStat/doc

local p = {}
local AllItemData = mw.loadJsonData("Data:ItemData.json")

local selectByStat = function(stat)
	-- List properties to grab and set up data structure to hold values
	local inKeys = {"Name","Tier","Cost","Slot",stat}
	local outData = {}
	for x=1,#inKeys do
		outData[x] = {}
	end
	
	local i = 1
	for m,itemData in pairs(AllItemData) do
		for itemFieldName,n in pairs(itemData) do
			if itemFieldName == stat then -- If Item has given stat in its keys,
				for x = 1,#inKeys do
					outData[x][i] = itemData[inKeys[x]] -- grab stat and other values
				end
				i = i+1
				break
			end
		end
	end
	return outData
end

p.tablefy = function(frame)
	local stat = frame.args[1]
	local tableData = selectByStat(stat)
	local outString = '{| class="wikitable sortable"|-!Item!!Tier!!Cost!!Slot!!Value|-'
	for i=1,#tableData[1] do
		outString = outString.."|"..tableData[1][i].."||"..tableData[2][i].."||"..tableData[3][i].."||"..tableData[4][i].."||"..tableData[5][i]
	end
	return outString.."|}"
end

return p