remove-return-values-from-sublime-completions.lua

-- Removes return values from .sublime-completions

local file = io.open('LuaLove.sublime-completions', 'r')

if not file then
	error('could not open in file')
end

local out = io.open('LuaLove.sublime-completions.new', 'w')

if not out then
	error('could not open out file')
end

for line in file:lines() do
	if line:sub(0, 14) == '\t\t\t"contents":' and line:find('=') then
		local matching_line = line:sub(15)
		local return_values, function_name, passed_values = matching_line:match('"([^"=]*)%s?=?%s?([^%(]+)%((.*)%)",')

		local new_passed_values = ''

		local i = 1

		for match in passed_values:gmatch('${%d+:([^}]+)}') do
			print(match)
			if i == 1 then
				new_passed_values = '${1:' .. match .. '}'
			else
				new_passed_values = new_passed_values .. ', ${' .. i .. ':' .. match .. '}'
			end

			i = i + 1
		end

		print(return_values, function_name, passed_values, new_passed_values)

		out:write('\t\t\t"contents": "' .. function_name .. '(' .. new_passed_values .. ')",\n')
	else
		out:write(line .. '\n')
	end
end