Module:TableTools
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This module includes a number of functions for dealing with Lua tables. It is a meta-module, meant to be called from other Lua modules, and should not be called directly from #invoke.
Loading the module
To use any of the functions, first you must load the module.
localTableTools=require('Module:TableTools')
isPositiveInteger
TableTools.isPositiveInteger(value)
Returns true
if value
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 a table.
isNan
TableTools.isNan(value)
Returns true
if value
is a NaN value, and false
if not. Although it doesn't operate on tables, it is included here as it is useful for determining whether a value can be a valid table key. (Lua will generate an error if a NaN value is used as a table key.)
shallowClone
TableTools.shallowClone(t)
Returns a clone of a table. The value returned is a new table, but all subtables and functions are shared. Metamethods are respected, but the returned table will have no metatable of its own. If you want to make a new table with no shared subtables and with metatables transferred, you can use mw.clone
instead. If you want to make a new table with no shared subtables and without metatables transferred, use deepCopy
with the noMetatable
option.
removeDuplicates
TableTools.removeDuplicates(t)
Removes duplicate values from an array. This function is only designed to work with standard arrays: keys that are not positive integers are ignored, as are all values after the first nil
value. (For arrays containing nil
values, you can use compressSparseArray
first.) The function tries to preserve the order of the array: the earliest non-unique value is kept, and all subsequent duplicate values are removed. For example, for the table {5,4,4,3,4,2,2,1}
removeDuplicates
will return {5,4,3,2,1}
.
numKeys
TableTools.numKeys(t)
Takes a table t
and returns an array containing the numbers of any positive integer keys that have non-nil values, sorted in numerical order. For example, for the table {'foo',nil,'bar','baz',a='b'}
, numKeys
will return {1,3,4}
.
affixNums
TableTools.affixNums(t,prefix,suffix)
Takes a table t
and returns an array containing the numbers of keys with the optional prefix prefix
and the optional suffix suffix
. For example, for the table {a1='foo',a3='bar',a6='baz'}
and the prefix 'a'
, affixNums
will return {1,3,6}
. All characters in prefix
and suffix
are interpreted literally.
See {{#invoke:params|call_for_each_group}} and {{#invoke:params|grouping_by_calling}} for doing something similar from a wiki template.
numData
TableTools.numData(t,compress)
Given a table with keys like "foo1"
, "bar1"
, "foo2"
, and "baz2"
, returns a table of subtables in the format {[1]={foo='text',bar='text'},[2]={foo='text',baz='text'}}
. Keys that don't end with an integer are stored in a subtable named "other"
. The compress option compresses the table so that it can be iterated over with ipairs
.
compressSparseArray
TableTools.compressSparseArray(t)
Takes an array t
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
. Any keys that are not positive integers are removed. For example, for the table {1,nil,foo='bar',3,2}
, compressSparseArray
will return {1,3,2}
.
See {{#invoke:params|squeezing}} for doing something similar from a wiki template.
sparseIpairs
TableTools.sparseIpairs(t)
This is an iterator function for traversing a sparse array t
. It is similar to ipairs
, but will continue to iterate until the highest numerical key, whereas ipairs
may stop after the first nil
value. Any keys that are not positive integers are ignored.
Usually sparseIpairs
is used in a generic for
loop.
fori,vinTableTools.sparseIpairs(t)do -- code block end
Note that sparseIpairs
uses the pairs
function in its implementation. Although some table keys appear to be ignored, all table keys are accessed when it is run.
size
TableTools.size(t)
Finds the size of a key/value pair table (associative array). For example, for {foo='foo',bar='bar'}
, size
will return 2
. The function will also work on arrays, but for arrays it is more efficient to use the #
operator. Note that to find the size, this function uses the pairs
function to iterate through all of the keys.
keysToList
TableTools.keysToList(t,keySort,checked)
Returns a list of the keys in a table, sorted using either a default comparison function or a custom keySort
function, which follows the same rules as the comp
function supplied to table.sort
. If keySort
is false
, no sorting is done. Set checked
to true
to skip the internal type checking.
sortedPairs
TableTools.sortedPairs(t,keySort)
Iterates through a table, with the keys sorted using the keysToList
function. If there are only numerical keys, sparseIpairs
is probably more efficient.
isArray
TableTools.isArray(value)
Returns true
if value
is a table and all keys are consecutive integers starting at 1.
isArrayLike
TableTools.isArrayLike(value)
Returns true
if value
is iterable and all keys are consecutive integers starting at 1.
invert
TableTools.invert(arr)
Transposes the keys and values in an array. For example, invert{"a","b","c"}
yields {a=1,b=2,c=3}
.
listToSet
TableTools.listToSet(arr)
Creates a set from the array part of the table arr
. Indexing the set by any of the values of the array returns true
. For example, listToSet{"a","b","c"}
yields {a=true,b=true,c=true}
.
deepCopy
TableTools.deepCopy(orig,noMetatable,alreadySeen)
Creates a copy of the table orig
. As with mw.clone
, all values that are not functions are duplicated and the identity of tables is preserved. If noMetatable
is true
, then the metatable (if any) is not copied. Can copy tables loaded with mw.loadData
.
Similar to mw.clone
, but mw.clone
cannot copy tables loaded with mw.loadData
and does not allow metatables not to be copied.
sparseConcat
TableTools.sparseConcat(t,sep,i,j)
Concatenates all values in the table that are indexed by a positive integer, in order. For example, sparseConcat{"a",nil,"c","d"}
yields "acd"
and sparseConcat{nil,"b","c","d"}
yields "bcd"
.
length
TableTools.length(t,prefix)
Finds the length of an array or of a quasi-array with keys with an optional prefix
such as "data1", "data2", etc. It uses an exponential search algorithm to find the length, so as to use as few table lookups as possible.
This algorithm is useful for arrays that use metatables (e.g. frame.args) and for quasi-arrays. For normal arrays, just use the # operator, as it is implemented in C and will be quicker.
inArray
TableTools.inArray(array,searchElement) TableTools.inArray(array,searchElement,fromIndex)
Returns true
if searchElement
is a member of the array array
, and false
otherwise. Equivalent to the javascript Array.prototype.includes() function, except fromIndex is 1-indexed instead of zero-indexed.
fromIndex
fromIndex
is the optional 1-based index at which to start searching. If fromIndex
is not present, all values in the array will be searched and the array will be treated as a table/associative array (it will be iterated over using pairs()
).
If fromIndex
is present and an integer, the array is assumed to be a conventional array/sequence/list (indexed with consecutive integer keys starting at 1
, and interated over using ipairs()
). Only the values whose index is fromIndex
or higher will be searched.
In the following examples, #array
represents the length of the integer-keyed portion of the array.
- If
fromIndex < 0
it will count back from the end of the array, e.g. a value of-1
will only search the last integer-keyed element in the array. IffromIndex <= (-1 * #array)
, the entire integer-keyed portion of the array will be searched. - If
fromIndex = 0
it will be treated as a1
and the entire integer-keyed portion of the array will be searched. - If
fromIndex > #array
, the array is not searched andfalse
is returned.
merge
TableTools.merge(...)
Given the arrays, returns an array containing the elements of each input array in sequence.
extend
TableTools.extend(arr1,arr2)
Extends the first array in place by appending all elements from the second array.
See also
- {{#invoke:params}}
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit | run) pages.
Subpages of this module.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TableTools -- -- -- -- This module includes a number of functions for dealing with Lua tables. -- -- It is a meta-module, meant to be called from other Lua modules, and should not -- -- be called directly from #invoke. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ locallibraryUtil=require('libraryUtil') localp={} -- Define often-used variables and functions. localfloor=math.floor localinfinity=math.huge localcheckType=libraryUtil.checkType localcheckTypeMulti=libraryUtil.checkTypeMulti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- isPositiveInteger -- -- This function returns true if the given value 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 a table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.isPositiveInteger(v) returntype(v)=='number'andv>=1andfloor(v)==vandv<infinity end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- isNan -- -- This function returns true if the given number is a NaN value, and false if -- not. Although it doesn't operate on tables, it is included here as it is useful -- for determining whether a value can be a valid table key. Lua will generate an -- error if a NaN is used as a table key. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.isNan(v) returntype(v)=='number'andv~=v end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- shallowClone -- -- This returns a clone of a table. The value returned is a new table, but all -- subtables and functions are shared. Metamethods are respected, but the returned -- table will have no metatable of its own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.shallowClone(t) checkType('shallowClone',1,t,'table') localret={} fork,vinpairs(t)do ret[k]=v end returnret end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- removeDuplicates -- -- This removes duplicate values from an array. Non-positive-integer keys are -- ignored. The earliest value is kept, and all subsequent duplicate values are -- removed, but otherwise the array order is unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.removeDuplicates(arr) checkType('removeDuplicates',1,arr,'table') localisNan=p.isNan localret,exists={},{} for_,vinipairs(arr)do ifisNan(v)then -- NaNs can't be table keys, and they are also unique, so we don't need to check existence. ret[#ret+1]=v elseifnotexists[v]then ret[#ret+1]=v exists[v]=true end end returnret end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- numKeys -- -- This takes a table and returns an array containing the numbers of any numerical -- keys that have non-nil values, sorted in numerical order. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.numKeys(t) checkType('numKeys',1,t,'table') localisPositiveInteger=p.isPositiveInteger localnums={} forkinpairs(t)do ifisPositiveInteger(k)then nums[#nums+1]=k end end table.sort(nums) returnnums end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- affixNums -- -- This takes a table and returns an array containing the numbers of keys with the -- specified prefix and suffix. For example, for the table -- {a1 = 'foo', a3 = 'bar', a6 = 'baz'} and the prefix "a", affixNums will return -- {1, 3, 6}. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.affixNums(t,prefix,suffix) checkType('affixNums',1,t,'table') checkType('affixNums',2,prefix,'string',true) checkType('affixNums',3,suffix,'string',true) localfunctioncleanPattern(s) -- Cleans a pattern so that the magic characters ()%.[]*+-?^$ are interpreted literally. returns:gsub('([%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?%^%$])','%%%1') end prefix=prefixor'' suffix=suffixor'' prefix=cleanPattern(prefix) suffix=cleanPattern(suffix) localpattern='^'..prefix..'([1-9]%d*)'..suffix..'$' localnums={} forkinpairs(t)do iftype(k)=='string'then localnum=mw.ustring.match(k,pattern) ifnumthen nums[#nums+1]=tonumber(num) end end end table.sort(nums) returnnums end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- numData -- -- Given a table with keys like {"foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "baz2"}, returns a table -- of subtables in the format -- {[1] = {foo = 'text', bar = 'text'}, [2] = {foo = 'text', baz = 'text'}}. -- Keys that don't end with an integer are stored in a subtable named "other". The -- compress option compresses the table so that it can be iterated over with -- ipairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.numData(t,compress) checkType('numData',1,t,'table') checkType('numData',2,compress,'boolean',true) localret={} fork,vinpairs(t)do localprefix,num=mw.ustring.match(tostring(k),'^([^0-9]*)([1-9][0-9]*)$') ifnumthen num=tonumber(num) localsubtable=ret[num]or{} ifprefix==''then -- Positional parameters match the blank string; put them at the start of the subtable instead. prefix=1 end subtable[prefix]=v ret[num]=subtable else localsubtable=ret.otheror{} subtable[k]=v ret.other=subtable end end ifcompressthen localother=ret.other ret=p.compressSparseArray(ret) ret.other=other end returnret 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.compressSparseArray(t) checkType('compressSparseArray',1,t,'table') localret={} localnums=p.numKeys(t) for_,numinipairs(nums)do ret[#ret+1]=t[num] end returnret end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- sparseIpairs -- -- This is an iterator for sparse arrays. It can be used like ipairs, but can -- handle nil values. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.sparseIpairs(t) checkType('sparseIpairs',1,t,'table') localnums=p.numKeys(t) locali=0 locallim=#nums returnfunction() i=i+1 ifi<=limthen localkey=nums[i] returnkey,t[key] else returnnil,nil end end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- size -- -- This returns the size of a key/value pair table. It will also work on arrays, -- but for arrays it is more efficient to use the # operator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.size(t) checkType('size',1,t,'table') locali=0 for_inpairs(t)do i=i+1 end returni end localfunctiondefaultKeySort(item1,item2) -- "number" < "string", so numbers will be sorted before strings. localtype1,type2=type(item1),type(item2) iftype1~=type2then returntype1<type2 elseiftype1=='table'ortype1=='boolean'ortype1=='function'then returntostring(item1)<tostring(item2) else returnitem1<item2 end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- keysToList -- -- Returns an array of the keys in a table, sorted using either a default -- comparison function or a custom keySort function. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.keysToList(t,keySort,checked) ifnotcheckedthen checkType('keysToList',1,t,'table') checkTypeMulti('keysToList',2,keySort,{'function','boolean','nil'}) end localarr={} localindex=1 forkinpairs(t)do arr[index]=k index=index+1 end ifkeySort~=falsethen keySort=type(keySort)=='function'andkeySortordefaultKeySort table.sort(arr,keySort) end returnarr end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- sortedPairs -- -- Iterates through a table, with the keys sorted using the keysToList function. -- If there are only numerical keys, sparseIpairs is probably more efficient. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.sortedPairs(t,keySort) checkType('sortedPairs',1,t,'table') checkType('sortedPairs',2,keySort,'function',true) localarr=p.keysToList(t,keySort,true) locali=0 returnfunction() i=i+1 localkey=arr[i] ifkey~=nilthen returnkey,t[key] else returnnil,nil end end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- isArray -- -- Returns true if the given value is a table and all keys are consecutive -- integers starting at 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.isArray(v) iftype(v)~='table'then returnfalse end locali=0 for_inpairs(v)do i=i+1 ifv[i]==nilthen returnfalse end end returntrue end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- isArrayLike -- -- Returns true if the given value is iterable and all keys are consecutive -- integers starting at 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.isArrayLike(v) ifnotpcall(pairs,v)then returnfalse end locali=0 for_inpairs(v)do i=i+1 ifv[i]==nilthen returnfalse end end returntrue end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- invert -- -- Transposes the keys and values in an array. For example, {"a", "b", "c"} -> -- {a = 1, b = 2, c = 3}. Duplicates are not supported (result values refer to -- the index of the last duplicate) and NaN values are ignored. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.invert(arr) checkType("invert",1,arr,"table") localisNan=p.isNan localmap={} fori,vinipairs(arr)do ifnotisNan(v)then map[v]=i end end returnmap end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- listToSet -- -- Creates a set from the array part of the table. Indexing the set by any of the -- values of the array returns true. For example, {"a", "b", "c"} -> -- {a = true, b = true, c = true}. NaN values are ignored as Lua considers them -- never equal to any value (including other NaNs or even themselves). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.listToSet(arr) checkType("listToSet",1,arr,"table") localisNan=p.isNan localset={} for_,vinipairs(arr)do ifnotisNan(v)then set[v]=true end end returnset end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- deepCopy -- -- Recursive deep copy function. Preserves identities of subtables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ localfunction_deepCopy(orig,includeMetatable,already_seen) iftype(orig)~="table"then returnorig end -- already_seen stores copies of tables indexed by the original table. localcopy=already_seen[orig] ifcopy~=nilthen returncopy end copy={} already_seen[orig]=copy-- memoize before any recursion, to avoid infinite loops fororig_key,orig_valueinpairs(orig)do copy[_deepCopy(orig_key,includeMetatable,already_seen)]=_deepCopy(orig_value,includeMetatable,already_seen) end ifincludeMetatablethen localmt=getmetatable(orig) ifmt~=nilthen setmetatable(copy,_deepCopy(mt,true,already_seen)) end end returncopy end functionp.deepCopy(orig,noMetatable,already_seen) checkType("deepCopy",3,already_seen,"table",true) return_deepCopy(orig,notnoMetatable,already_seenor{}) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- sparseConcat -- -- Concatenates all values in the table that are indexed by a number, in order. -- sparseConcat{a, nil, c, d} => "acd" -- sparseConcat{nil, b, c, d} => "bcd" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.sparseConcat(t,sep,i,j) localarr={} localarr_i=0 for_,vinp.sparseIpairs(t)do arr_i=arr_i+1 arr[arr_i]=v end returntable.concat(arr,sep,i,j) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- length -- -- Finds the length of an array, or of a quasi-array with keys such as "data1", -- "data2", etc., using an exponential search algorithm. It is similar to the -- operator #, but may return a different value when there are gaps in the array -- portion of the table. Intended to be used on data loaded with mw.loadData. For -- other tables, use #. -- Note: #frame.args in frame object always be set to 0, regardless of the number -- of unnamed template parameters, so use this function for frame.args. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.length(t,prefix) -- requiring module inline so that [[Module:Exponential search]] which is -- only needed by this one function doesn't get millions of transclusions localexpSearch=require("Module:Exponential search") checkType('length',1,t,'table') checkType('length',2,prefix,'string',true) returnexpSearch(function(i) localkey ifprefixthen key=prefix..tostring(i) else key=i end returnt[key]~=nil end)or0 end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- inArray -- -- Returns true if searchElement is a member of the array, and false otherwise. -- Equivalent to JavaScript array.includes(searchElement) or -- array.includes(searchElement, fromIndex), except fromIndex is 1 indexed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.inArray(array,searchElement,fromIndex) checkType("inArray",1,array,"table") -- if searchElement is nil, error? fromIndex=tonumber(fromIndex) iffromIndexthen if(fromIndex<0)then fromIndex=#array+fromIndex+1 end iffromIndex<1thenfromIndex=1end for_,vinipairs({unpack(array,fromIndex)})do ifv==searchElementthen returntrue end end else for_,vinpairs(array)do ifv==searchElementthen returntrue end end end returnfalse end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- merge -- -- Given the arrays, returns an array containing the elements of each input array -- in sequence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.merge(...) localarrays={...} localret={} fori,arrinipairs(arrays)do checkType('merge',i,arr,'table') for_,vinipairs(arr)do ret[#ret+1]=v end end returnret end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- extend -- -- Extends the first array in place by appending all elements from the second -- array. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ functionp.extend(arr1,arr2) checkType('extend',1,arr1,'table') checkType('extend',2,arr2,'table') for_,vinipairs(arr2)do arr1[#arr1+1]=v end end returnp