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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.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
--[[
-- This returns the length of a table, or the first integer key n counting from
-- 1 such that t[n + 1] is nil. 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)
local i = 1
while t[i] ~= nil do
i = i + 1
end
return i - 1
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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