Module:History

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

local p = {}

function newAutotable(dim)
    local MT = {};
    for i=1, dim do
        MT[i] = {__index = function(t, k)
            if i < dim then
                t[k] = setmetatable({}, MT[i+1])
                return t[k];
            end
        end}
    end

    return setmetatable({}, MT[1]);
end

function p.create(f)
	local args = require( 'Module:ProcessArgs' ).merge( true )
		
	local header = {
		'{|class="wikitable"',
		'!colspan="3"|History',
		'|-'
	}
	local footer = '|}'
	
	local versions = newAutotable(2)
	for i,v in pairs(args) do
		local version = string.match(v, '(.*);')
		local parent = string.match(version, '(.*)-')
		local child = string.match(version, '-(.*)')
		local note = string.match(v , ';(.*)')
		versions[parent][child] = note
	end
	
	local body = table.concat(header, '\n')
	for ver in ipairs(versions) do
		body = body .. '|[[' .. tostring(ver) .. ']]'
		for child in ipairs(ver) do
			body = body .. '||[[' .. tostring(child) .. ']]'
			for note in ipairs(child) do 
				body = body .. '||' .. note	
			end
		end
	end
	return body .. '\n' .. footer
end
return p