Module:Interval edo approximation
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-- EDO Approximations Module
-- Calculates EDO approximations for just intervals
-- Usage: {{#invoke:EDO_Approximations|main|interval=3/2|tolerance=9|min_edo=5|max_edo=60}}
local u = require("Module:Utils")
local yesno = require("Module:Yesno")
local p = {}
-- ===== CONFIGURATION VARIABLES =====
local DEFAULT_TOLERANCE = 13.0 -- Relative error tolerance in percent
local DEFAULT_MIN_EDO = 5 -- Minimum EDO to check
local DEFAULT_MAX_EDO = 60 -- Maximum EDO to check
-- ====================================
-- Convert a frequency ratio to cents
-- Python: return 1200 * math.log2(ratio)
local function cents(ratio)
return 1200 * u.log2(ratio)
end
-- Python-compatible rounding function
-- Python's round() uses "round half to even" (banker's rounding)
local function round(x)
local floor_x = math.floor(x)
local frac = x - floor_x
if frac < 0.5 then
return floor_x
elseif frac > 0.5 then
return floor_x + 1
else
-- Exactly 0.5: round to nearest even number (banker's rounding)
if floor_x % 2 == 0 then
return floor_x
else
return floor_x + 1
end
end
end
-- Find the best approximation of an interval in a given EDO
-- Python: best_step = round(ratio_cents / edostep)
local function find_best_approximation(ratio_cents, edo)
local edostep = 1200 / edo
-- Find the nearest step using Python-compatible rounding
local best_step = round(ratio_cents / edostep)
local approximation_cents = best_step * edostep
local absolute_error = approximation_cents - ratio_cents
-- Python: relative_error = (absolute_error / edostep) * 100 if edostep != 0 else 0
local relative_error = (absolute_error / edostep) * 100
return best_step, absolute_error, relative_error
end
-- Calculate all EDO approximations within tolerance for a given ratio
-- Python: for edo in range(EDO_RANGE_MIN, EDO_RANGE_MAX + 1):
-- if abs(rel_error) <= RELATIVE_ERROR_TOLERANCE:
local function calculate_edo_approximations(ratio, tolerance, min_edo, max_edo)
local ratio_cents = cents(ratio)
local results = {}
-- Loop through EDO range (inclusive on both ends, like Python's range)
for edo = min_edo, max_edo do
local steps, abs_error, rel_error = find_best_approximation(ratio_cents, edo)
-- Filter by tolerance using absolute value
if math.abs(rel_error) <= tolerance then
table.insert(results, {
edo = edo,
steps = steps,
abs_error = abs_error,
rel_error = rel_error
})
end
end
return results
end
-- Format a number with sign and 2 decimal places
local function format_error(value)
if value >= 0 then
return string.format("+%.2f", value)
else
return string.format("%.2f", value)
end
end
-- Main function to generate the wikitable
function p.main(frame)
-- Get parameters from template invocation
local args = frame.args
local interval_str = args.interval or args[1]
local interval_name = args.interval_name -- Optional display name
-- Convert string parameters to numbers using config defaults
local tolerance = tonumber(args.tolerance) or DEFAULT_TOLERANCE
local min_edo = tonumber(args.min_edo) or DEFAULT_MIN_EDO
local max_edo = tonumber(args.max_edo) or DEFAULT_MAX_EDO
-- Validate interval parameter (required, no default)
if not interval_str then
return "Error: No interval specified"
end
-- Parse interval string to numeric ratio
local ratio = u.eval_num_arg(interval_str)
if not ratio then
return "Error: Invalid interval format (use format like '3/2')"
end
-- Calculate approximations (ratio is a number, not string)
local results = calculate_edo_approximations(ratio, tolerance, min_edo, max_edo)
if #results == 0 then
return "No edos found within tolerance of " .. tolerance .. "%"
end
-- Build the wikitable
-- mw-collapsible: adds [hide] toggle button
-- mw-collapsed: table defaults to collapsed ##removed
-- sortable: makes columns sortable by clicking headers
local output = {}
table.insert(output, '{| class="wikitable center-all mw-collapsible sortable"')
-- Calculate the precise ratio in cents for the caption
local ratio_cents = cents(ratio)
-- Include subtitle info in caption to avoid breaking sortable functionality
local display_name = (interval_name and interval_name ~= "") and interval_name or interval_str
table.insert(output, '|+ style="font-size: 105%;" | '
.. string.format('Edo approximations for %s (%.2f{{c}})<br /><span style="font-size: 0.75em;">\'\'≤ %dedo, relative error ≤ %g%%\'\'</span>',
display_name, ratio_cents, max_edo, tolerance))
table.insert(output, '|-')
table.insert(output, '! Edo'
.. ' !! class="unsortable" | Step size'
.. ' !! Cents ([[cent|¢]])'
.. ' !! Absolute error ([[cent|¢]])'
.. ' !! [[Relative interval error|Relative error]] ([[relative cent|%]])')
for _, result in ipairs(results) do
-- Python: edo_link = f"[[{edo}edo|{edo}]]"
local edo_link = string.format("[[%dedo|%d]]", result.edo, result.edo)
-- Python: step_str = f"{steps}\\{edo}"
local step_size = string.format("%d\\%d", result.steps, result.edo)
-- Calculate approximation in cents: steps * (1200/edo)
local approximation_cents = result.steps * (1200 / result.edo)
local approx_str = string.format("%.2f", approximation_cents)
-- Python: abs_err = f"{result['abs_error']:+.2f}"
local abs_err = format_error(result.abs_error)
-- Python: rel_err = f"{result['rel_error']:+.2f}"
local rel_err = format_error(result.rel_error)
table.insert(output, '|-')
table.insert(output, string.format('| %s || %s || %s || %s || %s', edo_link, step_size, approx_str, abs_err, rel_err))
end
table.insert(output, '|}')
local result = table.concat(output, '\n')
if yesno(frame.args["debug"]) == true then
result = '<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">' .. result .. '</syntaxhighlight>'
end
return frame:preprocess(result)
end
return p
