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Module:CountryData

1,732 bytes added, 16:42, 21 March 2017
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Protected "Module:CountryData": Highly visible template ([Edit=Require template editor access] (indefinite) [Move=Require template editor access] (indefinite))
local p = {}

local function getcontents(frame,country,params)
return frame:expandTemplate({title="Country data "..country;args=params})
end

function p.gettable(frame,country,params)
--Returns the parameters of a country data template as a Lua table
--If not a valid data template, return empty table
local bool, s = pcall(getcontents,frame,country,params or {})
if bool and string.find(s,"^%{%{ *%{%{%{1")
then
--Replace parameter delimiters with arbitrary control characters
--to avoid clashes if param values contain equals/pipe signs
s = string.gsub(s,"|([^|=]-)=","\1\1%1\2")
s = string.gsub(s,"}}%s*$","\1")
--Loop over string and add params to table
local part = {}
for par in string.gmatch(s,"\1[^\1\2]-\2[^\1\2]-\1") do
local k = string.match(par,"\1%s*(.-)%s*\2")
local v = string.match(par,"\2%s*(.-)%s*\1")
if v and not (v=="" and string.find(k,"^flag alias")) then
part[k] = v
end
end
return part
else
return {}
end
end

function p.getalias(frame)
--Returns a single parameter value from a data template
local part = p.gettable(frame,frame.args[1])
if frame.args.variant
then return tostring(part[frame.args[2].."-"..frame.args.variant]
or part[frame.args[2]] or frame.args.def)
else return tostring(part[frame.args[2]] or frame.args.def)
end
end

function p.gettemplate(frame)
--For testing, recreates the country data from the created Lua table
--Get data table
local data = p.gettable(frame,frame.args[1])
--Concatenate fields into a template-like string
local out = "{{ {{{1}}}"
for k,v in pairs(data) do
out = out.."\n| "..k.." = "..v
end
return out.."\n}}"
end

return p
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