Module:Ancient Olympiads/sandbox explained

local data = mw.loadData('Module:Ancient Olympiads/data')local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguagelocal 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,) return p._main(args[1 ])end

return p