Add ExpGaming Lib and ranks are in working condition

locale/ExpGaming-Core/ExpGaming - Lib.lua

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+--[[
+Explosive Gaming
+
+This file can be used with permission but this and the credit below must remain in the file.
+Contact a member of management on our discord to seek permission to use our code.
+Any changes that you may make to the code are yours but that does not make the script yours.
+Discord: https://discord.gg/XSsBV6b
+
+The credit below may be used by another script do not remove.
+]]
+local credits = {{
+	name='ExpGaming - Lib',
+	owner='Explosive Gaming',
+	dev='Cooldude2606',
+	description='A few basic functions used by scripts',
+	factorio_version='0.15.23',
+	show=false
+	}}
+local function credit_loop(reg) for _,cred in pairs(reg) do table.insert(credits,cred) end end
+--Please Only Edit Below This Line-----------------------------------------------------------
+--this will convert ticks into hours based on game speed
+function tick_to_hour (tick)
+    local hour = tostring(math.floor(tick/(216000*game.speed)))
+    return hour
+end
+--this will convert ticks into minutes based on game speed
+function tick_to_min (tick)
+  	local minutes = math.floor(tick/(3600*game.speed))
+    return minutes
+end
+--i stole this from somewhere a long time ago but this and the other two functions convert a table into a string
+function table.val_to_str ( v )
+  if "string" == type( v ) then
+    v = string.gsub( v, "\n", "\\n" )
+    if string.match( string.gsub(v,"[^'\"]",""), '^"+$' ) then
+      return "'" .. v .. "'"
+    end
+    return '"' .. string.gsub(v,'"', '\\"' ) .. '"'
+  else
+    return "table" == type( v ) and table.to_string( v ) or
+      tostring( v )
+  end
+end
+
+function table.key_to_str ( k )
+  if "string" == type( k ) and string.match( k, "^[_%player][_%player%d]*$" ) then
+    return k
+  else
+    return "[" .. table.val_to_str( k ) .. "]"
+  end
+end
+
+function table.to_string( tbl )
+  local result, done = {}, {}
+  for k, v in ipairs( tbl ) do
+    table.insert( result, table.val_to_str( v ) )
+    done[ k ] = true
+  end
+  for k, v in pairs( tbl ) do
+    if not done[ k ] then
+      table.insert( result,
+        table.key_to_str( k ) .. "=" .. table.val_to_str( v ) )
+    end
+  end
+  return "{" .. table.concat( result, "," ) .. "}"
+end
+--Please Only Edit Above This Line-----------------------------------------------------------
+return credits