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Tables refer to other tables

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If an entry in a table references <<another/table>>, that reference is
replaced with a call to that other table. This allows building complex responses.
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Howard Abrams 2022-05-06 21:13:41 -07:00
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@ -106,13 +106,25 @@ dice table (see `rpgdm-tables--choose-dice-table')."
((hash-table-p table) (rpgdm-tables--choose-freq-table table))
((functionp table) (call-interactively table))
((listp table) (rpgdm-tables--choose-list table))
(t "Error: Could choose anything from %s (internal bug?)" table-name)))
(t "Error: Could not choose anything from %s (internal bug?)" table-name)))
;; Replace any dice expression in the message with an roll:
(dice-sum (lambda (dice-exp) (number-to-string (rpgdm-roll-sum dice-exp))))
(no-dice-nums (replace-regexp-in-string rpgdm-roll-regexp dice-sum result))
(no-alt-words (rpgdm-tables--choose-string-list no-dice-nums)))
(kill-new no-alt-words)
(rpgdm-message "%s" no-alt-words))))
(no-alt-words (rpgdm-tables--choose-string-list no-dice-nums))
;; Can we replace a <<tablename>> substring with the results from calling this function again?
(final-choice (replace-regexp-in-string
(rx "<<" (group (one-or-more (not ">"))) ">>")
'rpgdm-tables--choose-replacement no-alt-words)))
(kill-new final-choice)
(rpgdm-message "%s" final-choice))))
(defun rpgdm-tables--choose-replacement (str)
"Given STR like, <<foobar>>, return call to `rpgdm-tables-choose'.
However, the `<<...>>' characters are replaced when calling function."
(if (string-match (rx "<<" (group (one-or-more (not ">"))) ">>") str)
(rpgdm-tables-choose (match-string 1 str))
str))
(defun rpgdm-tables--choose-list (lst)
"Randomly choose (equal chance for any) element in LST."