Module:AeroWikiListTools

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local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs

local p = {}

local function makeInvokeFunc(funcName)
	return function (frame)
		local args = getArgs(frame)
		return p[funcName](args)
	end
end

p.split_list = makeInvokeFunc('_split_list')
p._split_list = function (args)
	local input_string = args[1]
	local template = args[2]
	local missing_string = args[3]
    local new_string = ''
    
    if input_string == nil or template == nil then
		return missing_string
    end

    for split in string.gmatch(input_string , '([^,]+)') do
        new_string = new_string .. template:gsub('{split}', split:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')) .. ' '
    end
    
    if template:sub(-1) == ',' then
    	new_string = new_string:sub(1, -3)
    elseif template:sub(-2) == ', ' then
    	new_string = new_string:sub(1, -4)
    end
    
    return new_string
end
return p