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Would like to be able to scan all set attributes for a SecureActionButton

I'm trying to make a (pseudo) GetAllSetAttributes function for use on SecureActionButtonTemplate. I'm looking to generate a table of all potential attributes that could be set using the attribute naming scheme for SecureActionButtonTemplate.
So here is an excerpt from a wiki on SecureActionButtonTemplate, as an example.

"type" Any clicks.
"*type1" Any left click.
"type1" Unmodified left click.
"shift-type2" Shift+right click. (But not Alt+Shift+right click)
"shift-type*" Shift+any button click.
"alt-ctrl-shift-type*" Alt+Control+Shift+any button click.

Rules

General order {modifiers-attribute-suffix}
Order of 'alt-ctrl-shift' is strict for modifiers. Also, for at least the 'spell' attribute, the format "modifiers-attribute-{nuke | heal}", is valid.
The 'attribute' part is required, other parts are not.
Asterisks can only be at the end (any button), beginning (any prior modifiers), or omitted. Note: I believe ctrl and shift can be straight up omitted, so "alt-attribute" should be valid. Not sure if "alt-*-attribute" is legal (matching both alt-shift and alt-ctrl).

Primary Attributes

Code:

local primaryAttributes = {

        "type", "spell", "item", "action", "macro", "macrotext",

        "checkselfcast", "checkfocuscast", "toy", "flyoutDirection",

        "clickbutton", "unit", "marker", "harmbutton", "helpbutton",

        "attribute-name", "attribute-value", "actionpage",

        "downbutton", "unit-suffix", "toggleForVehicle", "allowVehicleTarget"

}

String parsing isn't my strong suit (I can do it), but if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, or wants a little fun challenge; the help would be appreciated. This is for my addon MagnetButtons, trying to add insertion of custom (not yet supported in the addon) attributes. I will give credit to anyone with viable code to use.

Reference: Format details

I need to learn regex

Code:

local primaryAttributes = {

        "type", "spell", "item", "action", "macro", "macrotext", "checkselfcast", "checkfocuscast",

        "toy", "flyoutDirection", "clickbutton", "unit", "marker", "harmbutton", "helpbutton", "attribute-name",

        "attribute-value", "actionpage", "downbutton", "unit-suffix", "toggleForVehicle", "allowVehicleTarget"

}



local function potentialProperties(startingTable, attr, prefix, suffix)

        if (type(attr) ~= "string") then return startingTable end

        if (prefix) then prefix = "*" else prefix = "" end

        if (suffix) then suffix = "*" else suffix = "" end

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix..attr..suffix)

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."alt-"..attr..suffix);

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."alt-ctrl-"..attr..suffix);

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."alt-shift-"..attr..suffix);

        if (prefix ~= "*") then

                table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."alt-ctrl-shift-"..attr..suffix);

        end

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."ctrl-"..attr..suffix);

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."ctrl-shift-"..attr..suffix);

        table.insert(startingTable, prefix.."shift-"..attr..suffix);

        return startingTable;

end



local function generateAllPossibleAttributes()

        local results = { };

        for attribIndex,attrib in ipairs(primaryAttributes) do

                results = potentialProperties(results, attrib, false, false)

                results = potentialProperties(results, attrib, false, true)

                results = potentialProperties(results, attrib, true, false)

                results = potentialProperties(results, attrib, true, true)

                for idx = 1, 5 do

                        results = potentialProperties(results, attrib..tostring(idx), false, false)

                        results = potentialProperties(results, attrib..tostring(idx), true, false)

                end

        end

        return results;

end