Module:Book appearances

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

-- local string = require("Module:String")

local p = {}

local abbrs = {
	["TDP"] = "[[The Dragonet Prophecy]]",
	["TLH"] = "[[The Lost Heir]]",
	["THK"] = "[[The Hidden Kingdom]]",
	["TDS"] = "[[The Dark Secret]]",
	["TBN"] = "[[The Brightest Night]]",
	["MR"] = "[[Moon Rising]]",
	["WT"] = "[[Winter Turning]]",
	["EP"] = "[[Escaping Peril]]",
	["TOP"] = "[[Talons of Power]]",
	["DOD"] = "[[Darkness of Dragons]]",
	["TLC"] = "[[The Lost Continent]]",
	["THQ"] = "[[The Hive Queen]]",
	["TPJ"] = "[[The Poison Jungle]]",
	["TDG"] = "[[The Dangerous Gift]]",
	["TFOH"] = "[[The Flames of Hope]]",
	["L1"] = "[[Darkstalker]]",
	["L2"] = "[[Dragonslayer]]",
	["DS"] = "DS is ambiguous and could refer to Darkstalker (use L1) or Dragonslayer (use L2).",
	["W:P"] = "[[Prisoners]]",
	["W:A"] = "[[Assassin]]",
	["W:D"] = "[[Deserter]]",
	["W:R"] = "[[Runaway]]",
	["AGTTDW"] = "[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]",
	["TOCB"] = "The Official Coloring Book",
	["FYDW"] = "[[Forge Your Dragon World]]",
	["HTD"] = "How to Draw",
	["SGAB"] = "Stained Glass Art Book"
}

-- str: String to parse
-- delim: String to use to join the book names (default '\n')
function p._appearancesList(str, fmt, delim)
	if not str or str == "" then 
		return ""
	end
	fmt = fmt or '%s'
	delim = delim or '\n'
	local names = mw.text.split(str, ' ', true)
	-- iterate over substrings
	for i, v in ipairs(names) do
		if str == "" then
			-- do notning
		else
			local full = abbrs[v]
			if full then
				names[i] = string.format(fmt, full)
			else
				return '{{error|Unrecognized abbreviation <code>' .. v .. '</code>}}'
			end
		end
	end
	return table.concat(names, delim)
end

-- wrapper for _appearancesList, untested
function p.appearancesList(frame)
	local args = frame.args
	local str = args.str or args[1]
	local fmt = args.fmt or args[2] or "''%s''"
	local delim = args.delim or args[3] or '<br>'
	return frame:preprocess(p._appearancesList(str, fmt, delim))
end

return p