menuMaker.js

on("chat:message",function(msg){
    if(msg.type=="api" && msg.content=="!menuMaker"){
        var meals = getTableItems("Meals",3);
        var drinks = getTableItems("Drinks",3);
        if (meals === null || drinks ===null){
            return;
        }
        
        createMenuHandout(meals,drinks);
    }
    
})

function createMenuHandout(mealList,drinkList){
    var menu = createObj("handout",{
        name:"Menu",
        inplayerjournals:"all"
    });
    var food = makeHTMLTable("Food",mealList);
    var drinks = makeHTMLTable("Drinks",drinkList)
    menu.set("notes",food + drinks);
}

function makeHTMLTable(heading,list){
    var tableContents = "";
    _.each(list,function(listItem){
       let item = listItem.split('-');
       tableContents+=`<tr><td>${item[0]}</td><td>${item[1]}</td></tr>`;
    });
    var table = `<h3>${heading}</h3><table>${tableContents}</table>`;
    return table;
}

function getTableItems(tableName,numItems){
    var table = findObjs({
        type:"rollabletable",
        name:tableName
    })[0];
    
    if (table===undefined){
        sendChat("API",`/w gm Unable to locate a rollable table called ${tableName}`);
        return null;
    }
    
    var tableList = findObjs({
        type:"tableitem",
        rollabletableid:table.get("id")
    })
    
    var tableItems = [];
    var usedItems = [];
    
    if (numItems>tableList.length){
        sendChat("API",`/w gm ${tableName} has fewer than ${numItems} items.`);
        return null;
    }
    
    for (i=0;i<numItems;i++){
        var itemIndex = randomInteger(tableList.length)-1;
        while(usedItems.includes(itemIndex)){
            itemIndex = randomInteger(tableList.length)-1;
        }
        tableItems.push(tableList[itemIndex].get("name"));
        usedItems.push(itemIndex);
    }
    return tableItems;
}