Editing Module:Sandbox/Lemondoge/templatedata

require('strict');
local getArgs = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs;
local p = {}
local function function_that_does_stuff (label, param, description, ptype, status)
	local result
	result = '"'..param..'": { "label": '..label..'", "description": "'..description..'", "type": "'..ptype..'", "required": '..status..' },'
	return result.."poof"
end

function p.templatedata (frame)
	local args=getArgs (frame)
	local final_result
	local i=1

	while frame.args['label'..i] do
		local result = function_that_does_stuff (args['label'..i], args['param'..i], args['description'..i], args['type'..i], args['status'..i])
		final_result = final_result..result
		i = i + 1;
		
	end
	
	return final_result
end

return p

--[[local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame)
	return p._main(args)
end

p._main = function(frame)
	local i = 1
	local num = tonumber(frame.args["num"])
	local result = {}
	while (i <= num) do
		local variable = frame.args["variable" .. tostring(i)]
		local description = frame.args["description" .. tostring(i)]
		local label = frame.args["label" .. tostring(i)]
		local type = frame.args["type" .. tostring(i)]
		local required = frame.args["required" .. tostring(i)]
		if i == num then 
			result[i] = '"' .. variable .. '": {"description": "' .. description .. '", "label": "' .. label .. '", "type": "' .. type .. '", "required": ' .. required .. ' }'
		else
			result[i] = '"' .. variable .. '": {"description": "' .. description .. '", "label": "' .. label .. '", "type": "' .. type .. '", "required": ' .. required .. ' }, '
		end
		i = i + 1
	end
	return unpack(result)
end
--'{ "description": "' .. frame.args["description"] .. '", "params": {' .. unpack(result) .. "}"

return p]]--