first pass on writing an advanced axes parser, but it's untested

worldeditadditions/utils/parse/axes.lua

@@ -1,8 +1,80 @@
 local wea = worldeditadditions
 local Vector3 = dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/vector3.lua")
--- BUG: This does not exist yet - need to merge @VorTechnix's branch first to get it
+
--- TODO: Uncomment then once it's implemented
+
--- local parse_axis = dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/axis.lua")
+--[[
+parse_axes("6",name) == return Vector3.new(6,6,6), Vector3.new(-6,-6,-6)
+parse_axes("h 4",name) == return Vector3.new(4,0,4), Vector3.new(-4,0,-4)
+parse_axes("v 4",name) == return Vector3.new(0,4,0), Vector3.new(0,-4,0)
+parse_axes("-x 4 z 3 5",name) == return Vector3.new(0,0,3), Vector3.new(-4,0,-5)
+parse_axes("x -10 y 14 true",name) == return Vector3.new(0,14,0), Vector3.new(-10,-14,0)
+parse_axes("x -10 y 14 r",name) == return Vector3.new(0,14,0), Vector3.new(-10,-14,0)
+parse_axes("x -10 y 14 rev",name) == return Vector3.new(0,14,0), Vector3.new(-10,-14,0)
+
+-- Assuming player is facing +Z (north)
+parse_axes("front 4 y 2 r",name) == return Vector3.new(0,2,4), Vector3.new(0,-2,0)
+parse_axes("right 4 y 2 r",name) == return Vector3.new(0,2,0), Vector3.new(-4,-2,0)
+]]--
+
+--- Parses an absolute axis name to a Vector3 instance.
+-- @example
+-- local v3instance = parse_abs_axis_name("-x")
+-- -- v3instance will now be equal to Vector3.new(-1, 0, 0)
+-- @param	axis_name	string	The axis name to parse.
+-- @returns	bool,Vector3|string	A bool success value, followed by the resulting Vector3 instance (if succeeded) or an error message string (if failed).
+local function parse_abs_axis_name(axis_name)
+	if type(axis_name) ~= "string" then
+		return false, "Error: Expected axis_name to be of type string, but found value of type '"..type(axis_name).."' instead."
+	end
+	
+	local result = Vector3.new()
+	if axis_name:match("-x") then result.x = -1
+	elseif axis_name:match("x") then result.x = 1 end
+	if axis_name:match("-y") then result.y = -1
+	elseif axis_name:match("y") then result.y = 1 end
+	if axis_name:match("-z") then result.z = -1
+	elseif axis_name:match("z") then result.z = 1 end
+	
+	return true, result
+end
+
+-- Parses a relative axis name (e.g. "front", "back", etc) to an absolute
+-- Vector3 instance.
+-- @param	axis_name	string		The axis name to parse.
+-- @param	player_name	PlayerDir	The directional information that the parsing should be relative to.
+-- @returns	bool,Vector3|string	A bool success value, followed by the resulting Vector3 instance (if succeeded) or an error message string (if failed).
+local function parse_relative_axis_name(axis_name, facing_dir)
+	if type(axis_name) ~= "string" then
+		return false, "Error: Expected axis_name to be of type string, value was of type '"..type(axis_name).."' instead."
+	end
+	
+	local dir
+	local flip = Vector3.new(-1, -1, -1)
+	
+	if axis_name == "?"							then dir = facing_dir.front	end
+	if axis_name == "front"	or axis_name == "f"	then dir = facing_dir.front	end
+	if axis_name == "back"	or axis_name == "b"	then dir = facing_dir.back	end
+	if axis_name == "left"	or axis_name == "l"	then dir = facing_dir.left	end
+	if axis_name == "right" or axis_name == "r"	then dir = facing_dir.right end
+	if axis_name == "up"	or axis_name == "u"	then dir = facing_dir.up	end
+	if axis_name == "down"	or axis_name == "d"	then dir = facing_dir.down	end
+	
+	if not dir then return false, "Error: Unknown axis name '"..axis_name.."'. Valid values: ?, front, f, back, b, left, l, right, r, up, u, down, d." end
+	
+	axis_name = (dir.sign < 0 and "-" or "")..dir.axis
+	local success, result = parse_abs_axis_name(axis_name)
+	if not success then return success, result end
+	
+	return true, result
+end
+
+local function parse_axis_name(axis_name, facing_dir)
+	local success, result = parse_relative_axis_name(axis_name, facing_dir)
+	if not success then
+		success, result = parse_abs_axis_name(axis_name)
+	end
+	return success, result
+end
 
 --- Parses a token list of axes and counts into a Vector3.
 -- For example, "x 4" would become { x = 4, y = 0, z = 0 }, and "? 4 -z 10"
@@ -11,9 +83,10 @@ local Vector3 = dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/vector3.lua")
 -- recommended for this purpose.
 -- Uses wea.parse.axis for parsing axis names.
 -- @param	token_list	string[]	A list of tokens to parse
--- @returns	Vector3		A Vector3 generated from parsing out the input token list.
+-- @param	facing_dir	PlayerDir	The direction the player is facing. Returned from wea.player_dir(name).
-local function parse_axes(token_list)
+-- @returns	Vector3,Vector3		A Vector3 pair generated from parsing out the input token list representing the delta change that can be applied to a defined pos1, pos2 region.
-	local vector_result = wea.Vector3.new()
+local function parse_axes(token_list, facing_dir)
+	local pos1, pos2 = Vector3.new(), Vector3.new()
 	
 	if #token_list < 2 then
 		return false, "Error: Not enough arguments (at least 2 are required)"
@@ -21,27 +94,45 @@ local function parse_axes(token_list)
 	
 	local state = "AXIS"
 	local current_axis = nil
+	local current_axis_text = nil
 	local success
 	
 	for i,token in ipairs(token_list) do
 		if state == "AXIS" then
-			success, current_axis = parse_axis(token)
+			if token == "h" or "horizontal" then
-			if not success then return success, current_axis end
+				current_axis_text = "horizontal"
+				current_axis = Vector3.new(1, 0, 1)
+			elseif token == "v" or token == "vertical" then
+				current_axis_text = "vertical"
+				current_axis = Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
+			else
+				current_axis_text = token
+				success, current_axis = parse_axis_name(token, facing_dir)
+				if not success then return success, current_axis end
+			end
 			state = "VALUE"
 		elseif state == "VALUE" then
-			
 			local offset_this = tonumber(token)
 			if not offset_this then
-				return false, "Error: Invalid count value for axis '"..current_axis.."'. Values may only be positive or negative integers."
+				return false, "Error: Invalid count value '"..tostring(token).."' for axis '"..current_axis_text.."'. Values may only be positive or negative integers."
 			end
 			
-			-- Handle negative axes
+			offset_this = current_axis * offset_this
-			if current_axis:sub(1, 1) == "-" then
-				offset_this = -offset_this
-				current_axis = current_axis:sub(2, 2)
-			end
 			
-			vector_result[current_axis] = vector_result[current_axis] + offset_this
+			-- Apply the new offset to the virtual defined region
+			if current_axis_text == "horizontal" or current_axis_text == "vertical" then
+				-- We're horizonal / vertical
+				pos1 = pos1 + (offset_this * -1)
+				pos2 = pos2 + offset_this
+			else
+				-- It's a specific axis
+				if offset_this.x < 0 then pos1.x = pos1.x + offset_this.x
+				else pos2.x = pos2.x + offset_this.x end
+				if offset_this.y < 0 then pos1.y = pos1.y + offset_this.y
+				else pos2.y = pos2.y + offset_this.y end
+				if offset_this.z < 0 then pos1.z = pos1.z + offset_this.z
+				else pos2.z = pos2.z + offset_this.z end
+			end
 			
 			state = "AXIS"
 		else
@@ -49,7 +140,7 @@ local function parse_axes(token_list)
 		end
 	end
 	
-	return vector_result
+	return true, pos1, pos2
 end
 
 return parse_axes