Editing Module:Sandbox/Pelagic/01

-- Baby steps with Scribunto and Lua

--[[ Things I'm unsure of or probably doing wrong: 
* Convention for per-user collections of modules, 
  could I use subpages like Module:Pelagic/Test01 ? 
* Haven't read the coding conventions yet. 
** Caps? camelCase? underscores?
* Existing general utility modules? (as opposed to template-specific modules)
]]

--[[ Annoyances:
* iOS keyboard automatically converts - - to —, 
  it would be nice to have a button to comment/uncomment a line. 
* Hardware keyboard on iOS types curly quotes not straight quotes. 
* Tap and drag on a touchscreen selects characters and 
  can't be used to fine-position cursor.
]]

--[[ Nice features:
* Editor starts next line at same indent level, 
  automatically outdents when you type "end".
]]

local p = {} -- initialize a table to hold the functions

function p.create_deck(from_number, to_number)
	local ranks = { 'A', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 
		'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A' } -- sequence (array) of rank strings
	local suits = { '♥', '♦', '♠', '♣' } -- same for suits
	local specials = { 'joker', 'joker' } -- two jokers
	local d = { } -- the deck
	-- mw.logObject(ranks)
	-- mw.log(table.concat(ranks,""))
	 
	-- default to a standard 52-card deck, aces low
	local a = from_number or 1
	local b = to_number or 13
	local step = 1
	if b == 14 and a == 1 then a = 2 end -- don't double up on aces
	if b < a then step = -1 end

	for r = a, b, step do
		for s = 1, 4 do
			c = ranks[r] .. suits[s] -- concat rank+suit
			-- mw.log(c)
			
			-- I was going to implement thedeck as a set
			-- d[c] = true -- insert the card in the deck
			-- but choosing a random card to draw was hard
			
			table.insert(d, c)
		end
	end
	-- mw.logObject(d)
	mw.log(table.concat(d,',')) -- This doesn't work with a set, 
	--  even if I set the strings as values.
	-- Looks like concat only works with sequences.
	return d
end
-- to-do: pass custom rank and suit and specials as params, pass params for start and end ranks
function p.create_deck_doc() 
	return [[
	create_deck() makes a deck of cards as a Lua sequence.
	from_number and to_number can be in the range 1 (low ace) to 14 (high ace).
	]]
end

function p.draw_card(deck)
	-- n = math.random(# deck)
	-- mw.log(n)
	-- c = table.remove(deck, n)
	-- mw.log(c)
	-- return c
	return table.remove(deck, math.random(# deck))
end

function p.draw_cards(deck, count)
	local cards = {}
	for i = 1, count do
		table.insert(cards,p.draw_card(deck))
	end
	return cards
end

function p.hand(number)
	math.randomseed(os.time())
	local d = p.create_deck()
	return p.draw_cards(d, number)
end

function p.hand_of_cards(frame)
	a=frame.args
	number = a["number"] or a[1]
	list_separator = a["list_separator"]
	return table.concat(p.hand(number), list_separator or ' ')
end

return p -- export the table