Export Excel to Code or Config

Inspired by https://github.com/davyxu/tabtoy

Export excel(xlsx only) data to various languages or serialized data format.

Workbook Schema

• Use xlsx
• Exported config name will be ExampleConfig.ts (say you are exporing Example.xlsx to typescript)
• Exported class name will be <File name><Sheet name>Config. The first worksheet name will be ommited
• Enums must be defined in worksheet named with "@Enum" if any

Define Enums

The first 3 columns will be our interest.

Enum	Name	Value
CareerType	Tank	1
CareerType	Healer	2
CareerType	DPS	4
CareerType	Minion	8
CareerType	Boss	16
AttributeType	None
AttributeType	Strength
AttributeType	Agility
AttributeType	Intelligence

becomes

export enum CareerType {
    Tank = 1,
    Healer = 2,
    DPS = 4,
    Minion = 8,
    Boss = 16,
}

export enum AttributeType {
    None = 0,
    Strength = 1,
    Agility = 2,
    Intelligence = 3,
}

Worksheet

#Name	UTID	PrimAtt	Str	Agi	Int	Ability	Ability	Item
	int256	AttributeType	int	int	int	int256[]	int256[]	map<int256,int>
		Default:None	Default:0	Default:0	Default:0
Unit Name	Unit Type Id	Primary Attribute	Strength	Agility	Intelligence	Abilities	Abilities	Items
Blade Master	Obla	Strength	15	10	5	AOwk	AOww	rde2:1,rst1:2
Demon Hunter	Edem	Agility	9	12	9	AEmb		mcou:1
Archmage	Hjai	Intelligence	7	5	18	Ahbz,AHfs	AHwe

becomes

export interface IUnitConfig {
    UTID: number;
    PrimAtt: AttributeType;
    Str: number;
    Agi: number;
    Int: number;
    Ability: number[];
    Item: { [key: number]: number };
}

export const UnitConfig: IUnitConfig[] = [
    { UTID: 1331850337, PrimAtt: AttributeType.Strength, Str: 15, Agi: 10, Int: 5, Ability: [1095726955, 1095726967], Item: { [1919182130]: 1, [1920169009]: 2 } },
    { UTID: 1164207469, PrimAtt: AttributeType.Agility, Str: 9, Agi: 12, Int: 9, Ability: [1095069026], Item: { [1835233141]: 1 } },
    { UTID: 1214931305, PrimAtt: AttributeType.Intelligence, Str: 7, Agi: 5, Int: 18, Ability: [1097359994, 1095263859, 1095265652], Item: {  } },
];

Worksheet Frist Row

Defines field name.

• Served as identifier, so it must be a valid variable name
• Must be unique unless it's a collection type (array or map)
• Those start with # will be ignored (see the first column in the example above)

Worksheet Second Row

Defines field type.

List of valid primitive types:

• int integer type (don't care about bits for now). Defaults to 0
• float float type (same as int, because they are all double in js). Defaults to 0
• int256 Warcraft 3 short formed int32. Defaults to 0
• bool boolean type. Defaults to false
• string string type. Defaults to empty string

Enum types:

Just use the enum identifer you defined in the "@Enum" worksheet. Defaults to the first item of the enum.

Collection types:

All columns with the same field name will be merged in the exported contents.

• Array: defined as <Type>[]. E.g. int[], string[] ... Defaults to []
• Map: defined as map<<Type>,<Type>>. E.g. map<string, float>, map<CareerType, int> ... Defaults to {}

Worksheet Third Row

Defines field rules. Rules are written as <RuleType>(:<RuleValue>)?. Multiple rules are separated by comma. E.g. Unique,Default:0

Rules available:

• Unique: All values in this column must be unique
• Index: Exported data will become a map where value of this column will be served as the key. An Index rule is also a Unique rule
• Default: Overrides the default value of this column

Worksheet rest rows

The fourth row is left for you.

Data starts from the 5th row.

Roadmap

• Core
• Vertical Config
• Cli tool
• Lua
• vJass and Zinc
• Wurst