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local infinity = math.huge
local infinity = math.huge
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType
local checkTypeMulti = libraryUtil.checkTypeMulti


--[[
--[[
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--]]
--]]
function p.isPositiveInteger(v)
function p.isPositiveInteger(v)
return type(v) == 'number' and v >= 1 and floor(v) == v and v < infinity
if type(v) == 'number' and v >= 1 and floor(v) == v and v < infinity then
return true
else
return false
end
end
end


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--]]
--]]
function p.isNan(v)
function p.isNan(v)
return type(v) == 'number' and tostring(v) == '-nan'
if type(v) == 'number' and tostring(v) == '-nan' then
end
return true
 
else
--[[
return false
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.shallowClone(t)
local ret = {}
for k, v in pairs(t) do
ret[k] = v
end
end
return ret
end
end


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--]]
--]]
function p.removeDuplicates(t)
function p.removeDuplicates(t)
checkType('removeDuplicates', 1, t, 'table')
local isNan = p.isNan
local isNan = p.isNan
local ret, exists = {}, {}
local ret, exists = {}, {}
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end
end
return ret
return ret
end
end
 
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- union
--
-- This returns the union of the key/value pairs of n tables. If any of the tables
-- contain different values for the same table key, the table value is converted
-- to an array holding all of the different values.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.union(...)
local lim = select('#', ...)
if lim == 0 then
error("no arguments passed to 'union'", 2)
end
local ret, trackArrays = {}, {}
for i = 1, lim do
local t = select(i, ...)
checkType('union', i, t, 'table')
for k, v in pairs(t) do
local retKey = ret[k]
if retKey == nil then
ret[k] = v
elseif retKey ~= v then
if trackArrays[k] then
local array = ret[k]
local valExists
for _, arrayVal in ipairs(array) do
if arrayVal == v then
valExists = true
break
end
end
if not valExists then
array[#array + 1] = v
ret[k] = array
end
else
ret[k] = {ret[k], v}
trackArrays[k] = true
end
end
end
end
return ret
end
 
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- valueUnion
--
-- This returns the union of the values of n tables, as an array. For example, for
-- the tables {1, 3, 4, 5, foo = 7} and {2, bar = 3, 5, 6}, union will return
-- {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.valueUnion(...)
local lim = select('#', ...)
if lim < 2 then
error(lim .. ' argument' .. (lim == 1 and '' or 's') .. " passed to 'valueUnion' (minimum is 2)", 2)
end
local isNan = p.isNan
local ret, exists = {}, {}
for i = 1, lim do
local t = select(i, ...)
checkType('valueUnion', i, t, 'table')
for k, v in pairs(t) do
if isNan(v) then
ret[#ret + 1] = v
elseif not exists[v] then
ret[#ret + 1] = v
exists[v] = true
end
end
end
return ret
end
 
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- intersection
--
-- This returns the intersection of the key/value pairs of n tables. Both the key
-- and the value must match to be included in the resulting table.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.intersection(...)
local lim = select('#', ...)
if lim == 0 then
error("no arguments passed to 'intersection'", 2)
end
local ret, track, pairCounts = {}, {}, {}
for i = 1, lim do
local t = select(i, ...)
checkType('intersection', i, t, 'table')
for k, v in pairs(t) do
local trackVal = track[k]
if trackVal == nil then
track[k] = v
pairCounts[k] = 1
elseif trackVal == v then
pairCounts[k] = pairCounts[k] + 1
end
end
end
for k, v in pairs(track) do
if pairCounts[k] == lim then
ret[k] = v
end
end
return ret
end
 
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- valueIntersection
--
-- This returns the intersection of the values of n tables, as an array. For
-- example, for the tables {1, 3, 4, 5, foo = 7} and {2, bar = 3, 5, 6},
-- intersection will return {3, 5}.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.valueIntersection(...)
local lim = select('#', ...)
if lim < 2 then
error(lim .. ' argument' .. (lim == 1 and '' or 's') .. " passed to 'valueIntersection' (minimum is 2)", 2)
end
local isNan = p.isNan
local vals, ret = {}, {}
local isSameTable = true -- Tracks table equality.
local tableTemp -- Used to store the table from the previous loop so that we can check table equality.
for i = 1, lim do
local t = select(i, ...)
checkType('valueIntersection', i, t, 'table')
if tableTemp and t ~= tableTemp then
isSameTable = false
end
tableTemp = t
for k, v in pairs(t) do
-- NaNs are never equal to any other value, so they can't be in the intersection.
-- Which is lucky, as they also can't be table keys.
if not isNan(v) then
local valCount = vals[v] or 0
vals[v] = valCount + 1
end
end
end
if isSameTable then
-- If all the tables are equal, then the intersection is that table (including NaNs).
-- All we need to do is convert it to an array and remove duplicate values.
for k, v in pairs(tableTemp) do
ret[#ret + 1] = v
end
return p.removeDuplicates(ret)
end
for val, count in pairs(vals) do
if count == lim then
ret[#ret + 1] = val
end
end
return ret
end
 
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- complement
--
-- This returns the relative complement of t1, t2, ..., in tn. The complement
-- is of key/value pairs. This is equivalent to all the key/value pairs that are in
-- tn but are not in t1, t2, ... tn-1.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.complement(...)
local lim = select('#', ...)
if lim == 0 then
error("no arguments passed to 'complement' (minimum is two)", 2)
elseif lim == 1 then
error("only one argument passed to 'complement' (minimum is two)", 2)
end
--[[
-- Now we know that we have at least two sets.
-- First, get all the key/value pairs in tn. We can't simply make ret equal to tn,
-- as that will affect the value of tn for the whole module.
--]]
local tn = select(lim, ...)
checkType('complement', lim, tn, 'table')
local ret = {}
for k, v in pairs(tn) do
ret[k] = v
end
-- Remove all the key/value pairs in t1, t2, ..., tn-1.
for i = 1, lim - 1 do
local t = select(i, ...)
checkType('complement', i, t, 'table')
for k, v in pairs(t) do
if ret[k] == v then
ret[k] = nil
end
end
end
return ret
end


--[[
--[[
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checkType('affixNums', 2, prefix, 'string', true)
checkType('affixNums', 2, prefix, 'string', true)
checkType('affixNums', 3, suffix, 'string', true)
checkType('affixNums', 3, suffix, 'string', true)
local function cleanPattern(s)
-- Cleans a pattern so that the magic characters ()%.[]*+-?^$ are interpreted literally.
return s:gsub('([%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?%^%$])', '%%%1')
end
prefix = prefix or ''
prefix = prefix or ''
suffix = suffix or ''
suffix = suffix or ''
prefix = cleanPattern(prefix)
suffix = cleanPattern(suffix)
local pattern = '^' .. prefix .. '([1-9]%d*)' .. suffix .. '$'
local pattern = '^' .. prefix .. '([1-9]%d*)' .. suffix .. '$'
local nums = {}
local nums = {}
for k, v in pairs(t) do
for k, v in pairs(t) do
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table.sort(nums)
table.sort(nums)
return nums
return nums
end
--[[
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- numData
--
-- Given a table with keys like ("foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "baz2"), returns a table
-- of subtables in the format
-- { [1] = {foo = 'text', bar = 'text'}, [2] = {foo = 'text', baz = 'text'} }
-- Keys that don't end with an integer are stored in a subtable named "other".
-- The compress option compresses the table so that it can be iterated over with
-- ipairs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
function p.numData(t, compress)
checkType('numData', 1, t, 'table')
checkType('numData', 2, compress, 'boolean', true)
local ret = {}
for k, v in pairs(t) do
local prefix, num = mw.ustring.match(tostring(k), '^([^0-9]*)([1-9][0-9]*)$')
if num then
num = tonumber(num)
local subtable = ret[num] or {}
if prefix == '' 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
local subtable = ret.other or {}
subtable[k] = v
ret.other = subtable
end
end
if compress then
local other = ret.other
ret = p.compressSparseArray(ret)
ret.other = other
end
return ret
end
end


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local key = nums[i]
local key = nums[i]
return key, t[key]
return key, t[key]
else
return nil, nil
end
end
end
end
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--]]
--]]
function p.size(t)
function p.size(t)
checkType('size', 1, t, 'table')
checkType('size', 1, t, 'table')
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end
end
return i
return i
end
local function defaultKeySort(item1, item2)
-- "number" < "string", so numbers will be sorted before strings.
local type1, type2 = type(item1), type(item2)
if type1 ~= type2 then
return type1 < type2
else -- This will fail with table, boolean, function.
return item1 < item2
end
end
--[[
Returns a list of the keys in a table, sorted using either a default
comparison function or a custom keySort function.
]]
function p.keysToList(t, keySort, checked)
if not checked then
checkType('keysToList', 1, t, 'table')
checkTypeMulti('keysToList', 2, keySort, { 'function', 'boolean', 'nil' })
end
local list = {}
local index = 1
for key, value in pairs(t) do
list[index] = key
index = index + 1
end
if keySort ~= false then
keySort = type(keySort) == 'function' and keySort or defaultKeySort
table.sort(list, keySort)
end
return list
end
--[[
Iterates through a table, with the keys sorted using the keysToList function.
If there are only numerical keys, sparseIpairs is probably more efficient.
]]
function p.sortedPairs(t, keySort)
checkType('sortedPairs', 1, t, 'table')
checkType('sortedPairs', 2, keySort, 'function', true)
local list = p.keysToList(t, keySort, true)
local i = 0
return function()
i = i + 1
local key = list[i]
if key ~= nil then
return key, t[key]
else
return nil, nil
end
end
end
--[[
Returns true if all keys in the table are consecutive integers starting at 1.
--]]
function p.isArray(t)
checkType("isArray", 1, t, "table")
local i = 0
for k, v in pairs(t) do
i = i + 1
if t[i] == nil then
return false
end
end
return true
end
-- { "a", "b", "c" } -> { a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 }
function p.invert(array)
checkType("invert", 1, array, "table")
local map = {}
for i, v in ipairs(array) do
map[v] = i
end
return map
end
--[[
{ "a", "b", "c" } -> { ["a"] = true, ["b"] = true, ["c"] = true }
--]]
function p.listToSet(t)
checkType("listToSet", 1, t, "table")
local set = {}
for _, item in ipairs(t) do
set[item] = true
end
return set
end
--[[
Recursive deep copy function.
Preserves identities of subtables.
]]
local function _deepCopy(orig, includeMetatable, already_seen)
-- Stores copies of tables indexed by the original table.
already_seen = already_seen or {}
local copy = already_seen[orig]
if copy ~= nil then
return copy
end
if type(orig) == 'table' then
copy = {}
for orig_key, orig_value in pairs(orig) do
copy[deepcopy(orig_key, includeMetatable, already_seen)] = deepcopy(orig_value, includeMetatable, already_seen)
end
already_seen[orig] = copy
if includeMetatable then
local mt = getmetatable(orig)
if mt ~= nil then
local mt_copy = deepcopy(mt, includeMetatable, already_seen)
setmetatable(copy, mt_copy)
already_seen[mt] = mt_copy
end
end
else -- number, string, boolean, etc
copy = orig
end
return copy
end
function p.deepCopy(orig, noMetatable, already_seen)
checkType("deepCopy", 3, already_seen, "table", true)
return _deepCopy(orig, not noMetatable, already_seen)
end
--[[
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"
]]
function p.sparseConcat(t, sep, i, j)
local list = {}
local list_i = 0
for _, v in p.sparseIpairs(t) do
list_i = list_i + 1
list[list_i] = v
end
return table.concat(list, sep, i, j)
end
--[[
-- 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.
--]]
function p.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
local expSearch = require("Module:Exponential search")
checkType('length', 1, t, 'table')
checkType('length', 2, prefix, 'string', true)
return expSearch(function(i)
local key
if prefix then
key = prefix .. tostring(i)
else
key = i
end
return t[key] ~= nil
end) or 0
end
function p.inArray(arr, valueToFind)
checkType("inArray", 1, arr, "table")
-- if valueToFind is nil, error?
for _, v in ipairs(arr) do
if v == valueToFind then
return true
end
end
return false
end
end


return p
return p
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