Module:LDSverse: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:06, 28 August 2020

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-- TODO:

-- Take out the assert/error statements and handle errors more gracefully?

-- Functions with error statements in them:

-- getFullBookName

-- handleOD

-- getStandardWork (only throws an error if pre-conditions not met)

-- getLectureOrdinal (only called with pcall)

--[[

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local function getFullBookName(bookParam)

Returns the full name of a book of scripture based on the name/abbrev./alias provided

Pre-condition: bookParam is non-nil

NB: Because both Matthew in the NT and JST Matthew have just the title

"Matthew" on Wikisource, this function returns "JST Matthew" as the full name

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]]

local function getFullBookName(bookParam)

assert(bookParam, "No book name provided")

for title,bookList in pairs(standardWorks) do

if bookList[bookParam] then

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returns the Standard Work (as titled by Wikisource) that contains the book

passed in.

Preconditions: bookName is non-nil and was returned by getFullBookName

]]

local function getStandardWork(bookParambookName)

assert(bookParam, "No book name provided")

local book = getFullBookName(bookParam)

assert(book, "Book <" .. bookParam .. "> not found in Standard Works")

-- check the standardWorks table for any values that have a key with the

-- full name of the book; if so, return the key (the title of the SW)

for title,bookList in pairs(standardWorks) do

if bookList[bookbookName] then return title end

end

error("Book <" .. bookbookName .. "> is not a full book name found in Standard Works", 0)

-- pre-conditions mean that this error should never occur, aka if it does,

-- something went very wrong!

end

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-- Special case for handling the Official Declarations in the D&C

local-- functionPre-condition: handleOD(displayTextParam, chapter)is non-nil

local function handleOD(displayTextParam, decNumber)

if chapterdecNumber == "1" then

return wsBaseURL .. "The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Official_Declaration_1|" .. displayTextParam .. " 1]]"

elseif chapterdecNumber == "2" then

return "[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/od/2?lang=eng " .. displayTextParam .. " 2]"

else -- decNumber wasn't 1 or 2 (and could even be nil)

if decNumber then

error("No such Official Declaration: " .. decNumber, 0)

else

error("No suchofficial Officialdeclaration Declaration:number provided" .. chapter, 0)

end

end

end

-- for when the user has provided either no parameters or just one (the display

-- text for the wikilink)

local function handleFewParams(displayTextParam)

if not displayTextParam then

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end

-- pre-condition: lectureNum is non-nil

local function getLectureOrdinal(lectureNum)

if lectureNum == "1" then return "First"

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if fullBookName == "Lectures on Faith" then

if chapterParam then

fullBookNamelocal =status, "Lectureordinal "= .. getLectureOrdinalpcall(getLectureOrdinal, chapterParam)

if status then

fullBookName = "Lecture " .. ordinal

else

fullBookName = nil -- just cite to LoF generally

chapterParam = chapterParam .. " (invalid)" -- so user knows there was a problem

mw.log(ordinal) -- print error message to debug console (?)

end

else

fullBookName = nil -- The user has not provided a chapter (lecture) so this is treated as wanting to cite the LoF generally