Hi all, Thanks to you, I'm not at your level with Lua, but I'm learning thanks to you
Hans, I compiled your code and I get an error message :

lua error       > lua error on line 50 in file ./table_1.tex:

token call, syntax: [ctxlua]:11: unexpected symbol near '='

13     \startluacode
14          function document.MyTable(specification)
15    
16              local pattern    = specification.pattern
17              local action     = specification.action
18              local conversion = specification.conversion or "Characters"
19    
20              local n = #pattern
21    
22          --  context.startxtable { align = "middle,lohi", width = "0.8cm",
23 >>  offset = "0.8ex", bodyfont = "9pt", framecolor = "cyan" }
24              context.startxtable { "MyTable" }
25                  context.startxrow()
26                      context.startxcell { frame = "off" }
27                          context()
28                      context.stopxcell()
29                      for i=1,n do
30                          context.startxcell()
31                              context.convertnumber(conversion,i)
32                          context.stopxcell()
33                      end

mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 256

TeX Output exited abnormally with code 1 at Thu Feb 18 16:13:29


Thank you very much
Fabrice

Le jeu. 18 févr. 2021 à 10:06, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> a écrit :
On 2/18/2021 12:22 AM, Bruce Horrocks wrote:

>> On 17 Feb 2021, at 17:40, Fabrice Couvreur <fabrice1.couvreur@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, The code works, but is it possible to make it shorter ?
OK, here is my take, based on earlier posts, bringing together some
'technologies':

(1) make a document function which isolatees the code
(2) then call it where needed
(3) use the built in conversion code
(4) use so called unique mp graphics (smaller files, faster run)
(5) use symbols to get the baseline right
(6) use a little abstraction in the table setup

watch how we can pass a table instead of a string, so

context.startxtable { align = "middle,lohi", width = "0.8cm", offset =
"0.8ex", bodyfont = "9pt", framecolor = "cyan" }

is ok, but anm abstraction is even better. Now, who will wikify it ...

%%%%%%%%%%% code %%%%%%%%%%%

\setupbodyfont[pagella]

\starttext

\definextable
   [MyTable]
   [align={middle,lohi},
    width=0.8cm,
    offset=0.8ex,
    bodyfont=9pt,
    framecolor=cyan]

\startluacode
     function document.MyTable(specification)

         local pattern    = specification.pattern
         local action     = specification.action
         local conversion = specification.conversion or "Characters"

         local n = #pattern

     --  context.startxtable { align = "middle,lohi", width = "0.8cm",
offset = "0.8ex", bodyfont = "9pt", framecolor = "cyan" }
         context.startxtable { "MyTable" }
             context.startxrow()
                 context.startxcell { frame = "off" }
                     context()
                 context.stopxcell()
                 for i=1,n do
                     context.startxcell()
                         context.convertnumber(conversion,i)
                     context.stopxcell()
                 end
             context.stopxrow()
             for i=1,n do
                 context.startxrow()
                     context.startxcell()
                         context.convertnumber(conversion,i)
                     context.stopxcell()
                 for j=1,n do
                     context.startxcell { align = "middle" }
                         action(string.sub(pattern[i],j,j))
                     context.stopxcell()
                 end
                 context.stopxrow()
             end
         context.stopxtable()

     end
\stopluacode

\startuniqueMPgraphic{cross}{width,height,depth,color,line}
     draw image (
         draw (\MPvar{depth},\MPvar{height}) -- (\MPvar{width},0) ;
         draw (\MPvar{depth},0) -- (\MPvar{width},\MPvar{height}) ;
     )
         withpen pencircle scaled \MPvar{line}
         withcolor \MPvar{color} ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic

\definesymbol
   [MyRedCross]

[\uniqueMPgraphic{cross}{width=1em,height=1ex,depth=.5ex,color=red,line=.2ex}]

\definesymbol
   [MyGreenCross]

[\uniqueMPgraphic{cross}{width=1em,height=1ex,depth=.5ex,color=green,line=.2ex}]

\startluacode
     document.MyTable {
         action = function(value)
             context(value == "X" and 1 or 0)
         end,
         conversion = "Characters",
         pattern = {
             ".XXX..XX",
             "X...XXX.",
             "X..X.XXX",
             "X.X.X..X",
             ".X.X.XX.",
             ".XX.X...",
             "XXX.X...",
             "X.XX...."
         }
     }
\stopluacode

\startluacode
     document.MyTable {
         action = function(value)
             context(value == "X" and 1 or 0)
         end,
         conversion = "Greek",
         pattern = {
             ".XXX..XX",
             "X...XXX.",
             "X..X.XXX",
             "X.X.X..X",
         }
     }
\stopluacode

\startluacode
     document.MyTable {
         action = function(value)
             if value == "X" then
                 context.symbol { "MyRedCross" }
             end
         end,
         conversion = "Romannumerals",
         pattern = {
             ".XXX..XX",
             "X...XXX.",
             "X..X.XXX",
             "X.X.X..X",
             ".X.X.XX.",
             ".XX.X...",
             "XXX.X...",
             "X.XX...."
         }
     }
\stopluacode

\startluacode
     document.MyTable {
         action = function(value)
             context.symbol { value == "X" and "MyRedCross"  or
"MyGreenCross" }
         end,
         conversion = "Romannumerals",
         pattern = {
             "X.X.X..X",
             ".X.X.XX.",
             ".XX.X...",
             "XXX.X...",
             "X.XX...."
         }
     }
\stopluacode

\stoptext


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