Module:Ancient Olympiads/sandbox

local data = mw.loadData( 'Module:Ancient Olympiads/data' ) local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage local TableTools = require('Module:TableTools')

local p = {}

function p._main( inputYear ) -- Convert the input to an integer if possible. Return "N/A" if the input could -- not be converted, or if the converted input is too big or too small. inputYear = tonumber( inputYear ) if not inputYear or inputYear > tonumber( lang:formatDate( 'Y' ) ) then return "N/A" end local dataLength = TableTools.length(data)

-- Find the year in the data page and display the output. for i = dataLength, 1, -1 do		local t = data[i] if inputYear - 1 == t.year then -- year of the Olympiad, test with = p._main( -495 ) -- The input year in the calendar is one after the expected (-775 for the year 776 BC). This is why all values need to be corrected by 1. -- Year of Olympiad creates autolink to same page, therefore eliminated here return string.format(				'%s Olympiad (victor)¹',				t.numberOl, t.winner			) end if inputYear > t.year then -- Years 2-4 of the Olympiad, test with = p._main( -494 ) etc.			-- It would be nice, if the string could be as follows: -- '%s Olympiad, year %d', -- t.numberOl, inputYear * - 1 + 1, inputYear - t.year -- but unfortunately it links to the very same page and won't be displayed as a link but in bold. return string.format(				'%s Olympiad, year %d',				t.yearBC, t.numberOl, inputYear - t.year 			) end end

-- If input year is before 776 BC (-775), the year of the first Olympiad. return string.format(		'%d before 1st Olympiad',		inputYear * -1 - 775	) end

function p.main( frame ) local args = require( 'Module:Arguments' ).getArgs( frame, {		parentOnly = true	} ) return p._main( args[ 1 ] ) end

return p