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/** Author Lidlanca **/
//dependency moment.js, jquery.js

/**
return an object understood by moment.duration
**/
function parseTime(humanTime, options) {
    var opt = {
        debug: false,
        addOnRepeat: false, //if on,  repeating time unit will be summedup
        failOnRepeat: false //if on parse fail completly When repeated time unit detected, has not affact when addOnRepeat==true
    }
    var opt = $.extend(opt, options); // jquery dependency

    p = /(\d+)(\D)/gi
    var tt = humanTime;
    var moment_obj = {};
    while (m = p.exec(tt)) {
        if (moment_obj.hasOwnProperty(m[2])) {
            if (opt.addOnRepeat) {
                moment_obj[m[2]] = parseInt(moment_obj[m[2]]) + parseInt(m[1]);
            } else {
                if (opt.failOnRepeat) return false;
                console.warn("parseTime: Detected repeating time unit in input");
            }
        } else {
            moment_obj[m[2]] = m[1];
        }
        if (opt.debug) console.log(m); //show match DEBUG
    }
    if (opt.debug) console.log(moment_obj);
    return moment_obj;
}


//-----------------
//Testing and usage
//-----------------
function testParse(input_str, opt) {
    outputDiv = $("#a");
    r = parseTime(input_str, opt);
    var outputTimeDays = (moment.duration(r).asDays().toFixed(2)); 
    var outputTimeHours = (moment.duration(r).asHours().toFixed(2)); 
    var outputTimeMinutes = (moment.duration(r).asMinutes().toFixed(2)); 
    outputDiv.append(input_str + " => " +  outputTimeDays + " Days", "<br>");
    outputDiv.append(input_str + " => " +  outputTimeHours + " Hours", "<br>");
    outputDiv.append(input_str + " => " +  outputTimeMinutes + " Minutes", "<br><br>");
}

testParse("1d 5m 1d", {
    addOnRepeat: true
}); //only the last 2d count

testParse("1d 5m 1d", {
    addOnRepeat: false
}); //only the last 2d count

testParse("1d 5m 1d", {
    addOnRepeat: false,
    failOnRepeat: true
}); //will fail

testParse("1d 5m 1d", {
    addOnRepeat: true,
    failOnRepeat: true
}); //will not fail failOnrepeat only count if addOnRepeat is on

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