Module:Process ask query results 2

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Process ask query results 2/doc

local p = {}

-- this code was developed in plainlist_processing_1_b.lua

function p.processData(frame)
    local page_names_query_arg = frame.args["page_names_query"]
    local full_query_arg = frame.args["full_query"]
    local property_names_arg = frame.args["property_names_list"]

    
require("Module:String to array")

local page_names_array = string_to_array(page_names_query_arg, "#")

local property_names_array = string_to_array(property_names_arg, ",")

local source_page_positions = {}
-- build a table of the form {index: {page name, start pos, end pos}, ...} where "start pos" and "end pos" are the positions in the 
-- in the full query response string of the starting and ending characters of the page name
local i = 1
local j = 1
while i <= #full_query_arg do
    ch1, ch2 = mw.ustring.find(full_query_arg, "__source_page_", i)
    if ch1 ~= nil then
      source_page_positions[j] = {ch1, ch2}
      j = j + 1
      i = ch2 + 1
    else
      i = #full_query_arg + 1
    end
end


--[[ print it out so that I check whether it was done correctly
local output_string_1 = "<ul>"
for i, v in ipairs(source_page_positions) do
    output_string_1 = output_string_1 .. "<li>" .. i .. ": {" .. v[1] .. ", " .. v[2] .. "}" .. "</li>"
end
output_string_1 = output_string_1 .. "</ul>"
]]

-- To find the substring of full_query_arg associated with each source, we need to group the end position of source page indentifier with beginning position
-- of the following source page indentifier, so that we can extract the substring following each page name. In the subtable for each page name, we are going
-- to add the starting position of the following page name.
-- 
-- 
-- 


I = #source_page_positions
for i = 1, I do
-- we should check that the table elements are not nil before attempting the assignment
    if i < I then
        source_page_positions[i][3] = source_page_positions[i + 1][1] - 1
    else
        source_page_positions[i][3] = #full_query_arg
    end
end




-- check to see that we have partioned the entire string
total_characters = 0
for i, v in ipairs(source_page_positions) do
    total_characters = total_characters + v[3] - v[1] + 1
end
if total_characters ~= #full_query_arg then
  --table.insert(my_log, "Some part of the query response string was not associated with a page name when the string was partitioned.")
else
  --print("full partition of full_query_arg was achieved.")
end


full_query_table = {}

for i, positions in ipairs(source_page_positions) do
  substring = mw.ustring.sub(full_query_arg, positions[1], positions[3])
  property_positions = {}
  temp_subtable = {}
  char1, char2 = 0
  for j, name in ipairs(property_names_array) do
    ch1, ch2 = mw.ustring.find(substring, name)
    table.insert(property_positions, {ch1, ch2})
  end
  --print("length of property_positions = " .. #property_positions)
  table.sort(property_positions, function(a, b) return a[1] < b[1] end)
  
  K = #property_positions
  for k = 1, K do
-- we should check that the table elements are not nil before attempting the assignment
    if k < K then
        property_positions[k][3] = property_positions[k + 1][1] - 1
    else
        property_positions[k][3] = #substring
    end
  end
  for k = 1, K do
    temp_subtable[string.sub(substring, property_positions[k][1], property_positions[k][2])] = string.sub(substring, property_positions[k][2] + 1, property_positions[k][3])
  end
   full_query_table[i] = temp_subtable
end
--[[
local output_string_2 = "<ul>"
for i, subtbl in ipairs(full_query_table) do
  output_string_2 = output_string_2 .. "<li>This is for " .. i .. ": " .. "<ul>"
  for j, v in pairs(subtbl) do
    output_string_2 = output_string_2 .. "<li>" .. j .. ": " .. v .. "</li>"
  end
  output_string_2 = output_string_2 .. "</ul></li>"
end
output_string_2 = output_string_2 .. "</ul>"
]]










    return "<ul><li>" .. type(page_names_array) .. "</li><li>" .. type(property_names_array) .. "</li><li>" .. property_names_arg .. "</li></ul>"

 
    
    
end

return p