2019-04-21 14:46:27 -04:00

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Lua

local function format_news_item(n)
return "[" .. os.date("%x %X", n.time) .. "] " .. n.content .. "\n"
end
function kingdoms.add_news(news)
local uid = kingdoms.news.uid
kingdoms.news.news[uid] = {content = news, time = os.time()}
kingdoms.news.uid = uid + 1
kingdoms.helpers.save()
end
function kingdoms.get_news(maxamt)
local news = ""
if maxamt == nil then -- Get all news
local uid = 1
local n
while true do
n = kingdoms.news.news[uid]
if n == nil then -- Reached the end
return news
end
news = news .. format_news_item(n)
uid = uid + 1
end
else -- Get the `maxamt` most recent articles
local uid = kingdoms.news.uid - 1
local n
while uid >= kingdoms.news.uid - maxamt do
n = kingdoms.news.news[uid]
news = news .. format_news_item(n)
uid = uid - 1
end
return news
end
end