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m>Mr. Stradivarius
start module with useful tools for dealing with Lua tables
 
m>Mr. Stradivarius
add getNumKeys function and improve the comments, add the beginnings of a sparseIpairs function
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--[[
--[[
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-- Helper functions
-- isPositiveInteger
--
-- This function returns true if the given number is a positive integer, and false
-- if not. Although it doesn't operate on tables, it is included here as it is
-- useful for determining whether a given table key is in the array part or the
-- hash part of the table.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
--]]
 
function p.isPositiveInteger(num)
local function isPositiveInteger(num)
-- Returns true if the given number is a positive integer, and false if not.
if type(num) == 'number' and num >= 1 and floor(num) == num and num < infinity then
if type(num) == 'number' and num >= 1 and floor(num) == num and num < infinity then
return true
return true
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return false
return false
end
end
end
--[[
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-- getNumKeys
--
-- This takes a table and returns an array containing the numbers of any numerical
-- keys that have non-nil values, sorted in numerical order.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.getNumKeys(t)
local isPositiveInteger = p.isPositiveInteger
local nums = {}
for k, v in pairs(t) do
if isPositiveInteger(k) then
nums[#nums + 1] = k
end
end
table.sort(nums)
return nums
end
end


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--]]
--]]
function p.compressSparseArray(t)
function p.compressSparseArray(t)
local nums, ret = {}, {}
local ret = {}
for k, v in pairs(t) do
local nums = p.getNumKeys(t)
if isPositiveInteger(k) then
nums[#nums + 1] = k
end
end
table.sort(nums)
table.sort(nums)
for _, num in ipairs(nums) do
for _, num in ipairs(nums) do
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return ret
return ret
end
end
--[[
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- sparseIpairs
--
-- This is an iterator for sparse arrays. It can be used like ipairs, but can
-- handle nil values.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
-- function p.sparseIpairs(t)
-- local nums = p.getNumKeys(t)


return p
return p

Revision as of 11:33, 15 December 2013

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

-- This module includes a number of functions that can be useful when dealing with Lua tables.

local p = {}

-- Define often-used variables and functions.
local floor = math.floor
local infinity = math.huge

--[[
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- isPositiveInteger
--
-- This function returns true if the given number is a positive integer, and false
-- if not. Although it doesn't operate on tables, it is included here as it is
-- useful for determining whether a given table key is in the array part or the
-- hash part of the table.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.isPositiveInteger(num)
	if type(num) == 'number' and num >= 1 and floor(num) == num and num < infinity then
		return true
	else
		return false
	end
end

--[[
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getNumKeys
--
-- This takes a table and returns an array containing the numbers of any numerical
-- keys that have non-nil values, sorted in numerical order.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.getNumKeys(t)
	local isPositiveInteger = p.isPositiveInteger
	local nums = {}
	for k, v in pairs(t) do
		if isPositiveInteger(k) then
			nums[#nums + 1] = k
		end
	end
	table.sort(nums)
	return nums
end

--[[
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- compressSparseArray
--
-- This takes an array with one or more nil values, and removes the nil values
-- while preserving the order, so that the array can be safely traversed with
-- ipairs.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.compressSparseArray(t)
	local ret = {}
	local nums = p.getNumKeys(t)
	table.sort(nums)
	for _, num in ipairs(nums) do
		ret[#ret + 1] = t[num]
	end
	return ret
end

--[[
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- sparseIpairs
--
-- This is an iterator for sparse arrays. It can be used like ipairs, but can
-- handle nil values.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
-- function p.sparseIpairs(t)
--	local nums = p.getNumKeys(t)

return p