Difference between revisions of "Module:Item timeline by year"
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-- Function to generate a fancy list :3 | -- Function to generate a fancy list :3 | ||
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local startYear = 2007 -- Game release | local startYear = 2007 -- Game release | ||
local currentYear = tonumber(os.date("%Y")) | local currentYear = tonumber(os.date("%Y")) | ||
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if article_exists(title) then | if article_exists(title) then | ||
| − | table.insert(output, string.format(' | + | table.insert(output, string.format('* [[%s%s|%d]]', title, if_lang, y)) |
end | end | ||
end | end | ||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 24 April 2024
Usage
{{#invoke:Item timeline by year|list}}produces:
{{#invoke:Item timeline by year|list|12}}produces:
{{#invoke:Item timeline by year|list|1}}produces:
{{#invoke:Item timeline by year|list|9999}}produces:
local p = {}
-- Function to check if an article exists
function article_exists(article)
local exists = mw.title.new(article)
if exists and exists.exists then
return true
else
return false
end
end
-- Function to generate a fancy list :3
function p.list(f)
local startYear = 2007 -- Game release
local currentYear = tonumber(os.date("%Y"))
local output = {}
local if_lang = f:expandTemplate{title='If lang'}
-- Determine the number of years grouped together in each "section" of the timeline
-- Defaults to 6 because I like it
local split = tonumber(f.args[1]) or 6
for year = startYear, currentYear, split do
table.insert(output, '<div style="display:inline-table">')
for y = year, math.min(year + split - 1, currentYear) do
local title = string.format("Item timeline in %d", y)
if article_exists(title) then
table.insert(output, string.format('* [[%s%s|%d]]', title, if_lang, y))
end
end
table.insert(output, '</div>')
end
return table.concat(output, "\n")
end
return p
