Module:Political party
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Political party/doc
local p = {}
local categories = {
party_not_in_list = '[[Category:Pages using Political names with unknown party]]',
shortname_not_in_list = '[[Category:Pages using Political names with missing shortname]]',
color_not_in_list = '[[Category:Pages using Political names with missing color]]',
}
local function getFirstLetter(party)
index = mw.ustring.sub(party, 1, 1)
-- Set index for non-A-Z starts
if string.match(index, '%A') then
index = '1'
end
return index
end
local function stripToNil(text)
-- If text is a string, return its trimmed content, or nil if empty.
-- Otherwise return text (which may, for example, be nil).
if type(text) == 'string' then
text = text:match('(%S.-)%s*$')
end
return text
end
-- Example of having all the data - color and names - in one table. Requires one page to be edited instead of two when adding a new party.
function p.fetch(frame)
-- Initialise and populate variables
local args = frame.args
local party = stripToNil(args[1]) or error('parameter 1 should be a party name')
local out_type = stripToNil(args[2]) or error('parameter 2 should be the output type')
local index = getFirstLetter(party)
-- Load data from submodule
local data = mw.loadData('Module:Political names/' .. index)
local data_all = data.full
local party_alt = data.alternate[party]
if party_alt then
if data_all[party_alt] then
party = data_all[party_alt]
else
index = getFirstLetter(party_alt)
data = mw.loadData('Module:Political names/' .. index)
party = data.full[party_alt]
end
else
party = data_all[party]
end
-- Check if database value exists
-- *Not even in database - return given error or input (+tracking cat)
-- *No color - return error
-- *No shortname/abbrev - return input (+tracking cat)
if not party then
return args.error or (frame.args[1] .. categories.party_not_in_list)
end
local return_value = party[out_type]
if return_value == nil then
if out_type == 'color' then
return args.error or (error('Value not in template. Please request that it be added.') .. categories.color_not_in_list)
else
return party .. categories.shortname_not_in_list
end
end
if out_type == 'color' and string.find(return_value, '#') then
return_value = string.gsub(return_value, '#', '#')
end
return return_value
end
return p