From ae5d18248f01d69b942aae49bf4312959425e8fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VorTechnix <45538536+VorTechnix@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 08:49:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] sorted init and added handle_fn_result

---
 .../utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua         | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/init.lua |  5 ++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua

diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76b3a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- 
+-- @module worldeditadditions_core
+local wea_c = worldeditadditions_core
+
+--- Handles the result of a function call.
+--- @param	...	any		The full output of the function call.
+local function handle_fn_result(...)
+	local result = { ... }
+	local ret = ""
+	local success = table.remove(result, 1)
+	if #result > 1 then
+		ret = wea_c.table.tostring(result)
+	elseif #result == 1 then
+		ret = tostring(result[1])
+	else
+		ret = table.concat({
+			"Function returned \"",
+			tostring(success),
+			"\" with no other output."
+		}, " ")
+	end
+	return success, ret
+end
+
+return handle_fn_result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/init.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/init.lua
index 4e2b4ee..b9178f6 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/init.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/format/init.lua
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ local wea_c = worldeditadditions_core
 
 wea_c.format = {
 	array_2d = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/array_2d.lua"),
+	escape = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/escape.lua"),
+	handle_fn_result = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/handle_fn_result.lua"),
 	human_size = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/human_size.lua"),
 	human_time = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/human_time.lua"),
-	node_distribution = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/node_distribution.lua"),
 	make_ascii_table = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/make_ascii_table.lua"),
 	map = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/map.lua"),
-	escape = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/escape.lua")
+	node_distribution = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/format/node_distribution.lua")
 }