add flag for outputting multiple events

main.go

@@ -33,24 +33,39 @@ func formula(p float64) int64 {
 	return int64(yearsAgo * 31556926)
 }
 
-func (db *TimelineDB) closestEvent(t int64) (EventsRow, error) {
+func (db *TimelineDB) closestEvents(t int64, n int) ([]EventsRow, error) {
 	query := `
 	select description, timestamp, yearknown, monthknown, dayknown, hourknown, minuteknown, secondknown
 	from events
 	where timestamp is not null
 	order by abs(? - timestamp) asc
-	limit 1
+	limit ?
 	`
 
-	var event EventsRow
+	events := make([]EventsRow, n)
 	stmt, err := db.Prepare(query)
 	if err != nil {
-		return event, err
+		return events, err
 	}
 	defer stmt.Close()
 
-	err = stmt.QueryRow(t).Scan(&event.description, &event.timestamp, &event.yearknown, &event.monthknown, &event.dayknown, &event.hourknown, &event.minuteknown, &event.secondknown)
+	rows, err := stmt.Query(t, n)
-	return event, err
+	if err != nil {
+		return events, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	for i := 0; rows.Next(); i++ {
+		var event EventsRow
+		err = rows.Scan(&event.description, &event.timestamp, &event.yearknown, &event.monthknown, &event.dayknown, &event.hourknown, &event.minuteknown, &event.secondknown)
+		if err != nil {
+			return events, err
+		}
+
+		events[i] = event
+	}
+
+	return events, err
 }
 
 func (event *EventsRow) Output() (int64, string, string, error) {
@@ -83,6 +98,7 @@ func (event *EventsRow) Output() (int64, string, string, error) {
 
 func main() {
 	percent := flag.Float64("p", -1, "percentage")
+	nevents := flag.Int("n", 1, "number of events")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if *percent < 0 || *percent > 1 {
@@ -99,15 +115,17 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	event, err := db.closestEvent(t)
+	events, err := db.closestEvents(t, *nevents)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	for _, event := range events {
 		timestamp, date, desc, err := event.Output()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("%v\t%v\t%v\n", timestamp, date, desc)
+	}
 }