Module:Math/sandbox

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Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Math/sandbox/doc

--[[

This module provides a number of basic mathematical operations.

]]
local p = {}

-- Generate random number
function p.random( frame )
	math.randomseed(mw.site.stats.edits + mw.site.stats.pages + os.time() + math.floor(os.clock() * 1000000000))
	first = tonumber(frame.args[1]) -- if it doesn't exist it's NaN, if not a number it's nil
	second = tonumber(frame.args[2])

	if first then -- if NaN or nil, will skip down to final return
		if first <= second then -- could match if both nil, but already checked that first is a number in last line
			return math.random(first, second)
		end
		return math.random(first)
	end   
	return math.random()
end

--[[
order

Determine order of magnitude of a number

Usage:
{{#invoke: Math | order | value }}
]]
function p.order(frame)
	local input_string = (frame.args[1] or frame.args.x or '0');
	local input_number;

	input_number = p._cleanNumber( frame, input_string );
	if input_number == nil then
		return '<strong class="error">Formatting error: Order of magnitude input appears non-numeric</strong>'
	else
		return p._order( input_number )
	end    
end
function p._order(x)
	if x == 0 then return 0 end
	return math.floor(math.log10(math.abs(x)))
end

--[[
precision

Detemines the precision of a number using the string representation

Usage:
{{ #invoke: Math | precision | value }}
]]
function p.precision( frame )
	local input_string = (frame.args[1] or frame.args.x or '0');
	local trap_fraction = frame.args.check_fraction or false;
	local input_number;

	if type( trap_fraction ) == 'string' then
		trap_fraction = trap_fraction:lower();
		if trap_fraction == 'false' or trap_fraction == '0' or
			trap_fraction == 'no' or trap_fraction == '' then
			trap_fraction = false;
		else
			trap_fraction = true;
		end
	end

	if trap_fraction then
		local pos = string.find( input_string, '/', 1, true );
		if pos ~= nil then
			if string.find( input_string, '/', pos + 1, true ) == nil then
				local denominator = string.sub( input_string, pos+1, -1 );
				local denom_value = tonumber( denominator );
				if denom_value ~= nil then
					return math.log10(denom_value);
				end
			end                        
		end
	end    

	input_number, input_string = p._cleanNumber( frame, input_string );
	if input_string == nil then
		return '<strong class="error">Formatting error: Precision input appears non-numeric</strong>'
	else
		return p._precision( input_string )
	end    
end
function p._precision( x )    
	x = string.upper( x )

	local decimal = string.find( x, '.', 1, true )
	local exponent_pos = string.find( x, 'E', 1, true )
	local result = 0;

	if exponent_pos ~= nil then
		local exponent = string.sub( x, exponent_pos + 1 )
		x = string.sub( x, 1, exponent_pos - 1 )
		result = result - tonumber( exponent )
	end    

	if decimal ~= nil then
		result = result + string.len( x ) - decimal
		return result
	end

	local pos = string.len( x );
	while x:byte(pos) == string.byte('0') do
		pos = pos - 1
		result = result - 1
		if pos <= 0 then
			return 0
		end
	end

	return result
end

--[[
max

Finds the maximum argument

Usage:
{{#invoke:Math| max | value1 | value2 | ... }}
OR
{{#invoke:Math| max }}

When used with no arguments, it takes its input from the parent
frame.  Note, any values that do not evaluate to numbers are ignored.
]]
function p.max( frame )
	local args = frame.args;

	if args[1] == nil then
		local parent = frame:getParent();
		args = parent.args;
	end
	local max_value = nil;

	local i = 1;
	while args[i] ~= nil do
		local val = p._cleanNumber( frame, args[i] );
		if val ~= nil then
			if max_value == nil or val > max_value then
				max_value = val;
			end
		end        
		i = i + 1;
	end

	return max_value
end

--[[
min 

Finds the minimum argument

Usage:
{{#invoke:Math| min | value1 | value2 | ... }}
OR
{{#invoke:Math| min }}

When used with no arguments, it takes its input from the parent
frame.  Note, any values that do not evaluate to numbers are ignored.
]]
function p.min( frame )
	local args = frame.args;

	if args[1] == nil then
		local parent = frame:getParent();
		args = parent.args;
	end
	local min_value = nil;

	local i = 1;
	while args[i] ~= nil do
		local val = p._cleanNumber( frame, args[i] );
		if val ~= nil then
			if min_value == nil or val < min_value then
				min_value = val;
			end
		end        
		i = i + 1;
	end

	return min_value
end

--[[
average 

Finds the average

Usage:
{{#invoke:Math| average | value1 | value2 | ... }}
OR
{{#invoke:Math| average }}

When used with no arguments, it takes its input from the parent
frame.  Note, any values that do not evaluate to numbers are ignored.
]]
function p.average( frame )
	local args = frame.args;
	if args[1] == nil then
		local parent = frame:getParent();
		args = parent.args;
	end
	local sum = 0;
	local count = 0;

	local i = 1;
	while args[i] ~= nil do
		local val = p._cleanNumber( frame, args[i] );
		if val ~= nil then
			sum = sum + val
			count = count + 1
		end        
		i = i + 1;
	end

	return (count == 0 and 0 or sum/count)
end

--[[
round

Rounds a number to specified precision

Usage:
{{#invoke:Math | round | value | precision }}

--]]
function p.round(frame)
	local value, precision;

	value = p._cleanNumber( frame, frame.args[1] or frame.args.value or 0 );
	precision = p._cleanNumber( frame, frame.args[2] or frame.args.precision or 0 );

	if value == nil or precision == nil then
		return '<strong class="error">Formatting error: Round input appears non-numeric</strong>'
	else
		return p._round( value, precision );
	end    
end
function p._round( value, precision )
	local rescale = math.pow( 10, precision );
	return math.floor( value * rescale + 0.5 ) / rescale;
end

--[=[
gcd

Calculates the [[greatest common divisor]] of two numbers according to the [[extended Euclidean algorithm]].

Usage:
{{#invoke:Math | gcd | value 1 | value 2 }}
]=]
function p.gcd(frame)
	local args = frame.args

	if args[1] == nil then
		local parent = frame:getParent()
		args = parent.args
	end

	local a = p._cleanNumber(frame, args[1])
	local b = p._cleanNumber(frame, args[2])
	if not a or not b then return end

	local r = b
	local oldr = a
	while r ~= 0 do
		local quotient = math.floor(oldr / r)
		oldr, r = r, oldr - quotient * r
	end

	if a == 0 and b < 0 or b == 0 and a < 0 then oldr = oldr * -1 end

	return oldr
end

--[[
precision_format

Rounds a number to the specified precision and formats according to rules 
originally used for {{template:Rnd}}.  Output is a string.

Usage:
{{#invoke: Math | precision_format | number | precision }}
]]
function p.precision_format( frame )
	-- For access to Mediawiki built-in formatter.
	local lang = mw.getContentLanguage();

	local value_string, value, precision;
	value, value_string = p._cleanNumber( frame, frame.args[1] or 0 );
	precision = p._cleanNumber( frame, frame.args[2] or 0 );

	-- Check for non-numeric input
	if value == nil or precision == nil then
		return '<strong class="error">Formatting error: invalid input when rounding</strong>'
	end

	local current_precision = p._precision( value );

	local order = p._order( value );

	-- Due to round-off effects it is neccesary to limit the returned precision under
	-- some circumstances because the terminal digits will be inaccurately reported.
	if order + precision >= 14 then
		orig_precision = p._precision( value_string );
		if order + orig_precision >= 14 then
			precision = 13 - order;        
		end        
	end

	-- If rounding off, truncate extra digits
	if precision < current_precision then
		value = p._round( value, precision );
		current_precision = p._precision( value );
	end    

	local formatted_num = lang:formatNum( math.abs(value) );
	local sign;

	-- Use proper unary minus sign rather than ASCII default
	if value < 0 then
		sign = '−';
	else
		sign = '';
	end    

	-- Handle cases requiring scientific notation
	if string.find( formatted_num, 'E', 1, true ) ~= nil or math.abs(order) >= 9 then
		value = value * math.pow( 10, -order );
		current_precision = current_precision + order;
		precision = precision + order;
		formatted_num = lang:formatNum( math.abs(value) );
	else
		order = 0;        
	end
	formatted_num = sign .. formatted_num;

	-- Pad with zeros, if needed    
	if current_precision < precision then
		local padding;
		if current_precision <= 0 then
			if precision > 0 then
				local zero_sep = lang:formatNum( 1.1 );
				formatted_num = formatted_num .. zero_sep:sub(2,2);

				padding = precision;
				if padding > 20 then
					padding = 20;
				end

				formatted_num = formatted_num .. string.rep( '0', padding );
			end            
		else                   
			padding = precision - current_precision
			if padding > 20 then
				padding = 20;
			end
			formatted_num = formatted_num .. string.rep( '0', padding );
		end
	end

	-- Add exponential notation, if necessary.
	if order ~= 0 then
		-- Use proper unary minus sign rather than ASCII default
		if order < 0 then
			order = '−' .. lang:formatNum( math.abs(order) );
		else
			order = lang:formatNum( order );
		end    

		formatted_num = formatted_num .. '<span style="margin:0 .15em 0 .25em">×</span>10<sup>' .. order .. '</sup>'
	end

	return formatted_num;
end

--[[
Helper function that interprets the input numerically.  If the 
input does not appear to be a number, attempts evaluating it as
a parser functions expression.
]]

function p._cleanNumber( frame, number_string )
	if number_string == nil or number_string:len() == 0 then
		return nil, nil;
	end    

	-- Attempt basic conversion
	local number = tonumber( number_string )

	-- If failed, attempt to evaluate input as an expression
	if number == nil then        
		local attempt = frame:preprocess( '{{#expr: ' .. number_string .. '}}' );
		attempt = tonumber( attempt );
		if attempt ~= nil then
			number = attempt;
			number_string = tostring( number );
		else
			number = nil;
			number_string = nil;
		end
	else
		-- String is valid but may contain padding, clean it.
		number_string = number_string:match( "^%s*(.-)%s*$" );
	end

	return number, number_string;
end

return p