Module:HelperMethods
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local M = {}
-- Required modules for SPARQL queries and HTML table generation
local sparql = require('SPARQL')
local mwHtml = require('mw.html')
-- Utility function to trim and lowercase a string
function M.trimAndLower(str)
if str == nil then return nil end
str = str:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")
return str:lower()
end
-- Function to convert JSON results into a Lua table
function M.convertJsonToTable(jsonResults)
local resultsTable = {}
if jsonResults and jsonResults.results and jsonResults.results.bindings then
local bindings = jsonResults.results.bindings
for j = 1, #bindings do
local row = {}
for key, value in pairs(bindings[j]) do
table.insert(row, value.value)
end
table.insert(resultsTable, row)
end
end
return resultsTable
end
-- Additional function to generate the histogram data
-- colWithYear: Contains the index of the column that contains the year information. Expected format "2023-12-30"
function M.generateHistogramChartFromTable(dataTable, colWithYear)
local yearCounts = {}
for _, row in ipairs(dataTable) do
-- Extract the year from the fourth column (publication date)
local date = row[colWithYear]
if date then -- Check if the date exists
local year = date:sub(1, 4) -- Extract the year
if year ~= "" then
yearCounts[year] = (yearCounts[year] or 0) + 1
end
end
end
local years = {}
local counts = {}
for year, count in pairs(yearCounts) do
table.insert(years, year)
table.insert(counts, count)
end
-- Sort the years to maintain chronological order
table.sort(years)
local sortedCounts = {}
for _, year in ipairs(years) do
table.insert(sortedCounts, yearCounts[year])
end
local chartData = {
type = 'bar',
data = {
labels = years, -- x-axis labels (years)
datasets = {{
label = 'Number of Publications',
data = sortedCounts, -- y-axis data (counts)
backgroundColor = 'rgba(54, 162, 235, 0.2)',
borderColor = 'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
hoverBackgroundColor = 'red',
borderWidth = 1
}}
},
options = {
scales = {
y = {
beginAtZero = true
}
}
}
}
return chartData
end
-- Function to create a HTML table from a Lua table where columns are merged
-- mergeColumns: contains a list of which columns should be merged, e.g. {{1, 2}, {4}} or {{2, 4}, {1, 3}}
function M.createHtmlTableWithMergedCols(dataTable, headers, mergeColumns)
local htmlTable = mwHtml.create('table')
htmlTable:addClass('wikitable'):attr('border', '1')
local headerRow = htmlTable:tag('tr')
-- Use the provided headers
for _, header in ipairs(headers) do
headerRow:tag('th'):wikitext(header)
end
for _, row in ipairs(dataTable) do
if not string.find(row[1], "/entity/statement/") then
local dataRow = htmlTable:tag('tr')
for _, cols in ipairs(mergeColumns) do
local combinedData
if #cols == 1 then
-- If only one column index is provided, use it as is
combinedData = row[cols[1]]
else
-- If two column indices are provided, merge them
combinedData = '[' .. row[cols[1]] .. ' ' .. row[cols[2]] .. ']'
end
dataRow:tag('td'):wikitext(combinedData)
end
end
end
mw.log(htmlTable)
return tostring(htmlTable)
end
return M