Module:AeroWikiListTools

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:AeroWikiListTools/doc

-- Created by @Sqwishyish on discord
-- Contact me for any issues

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)
	-- Get arguments passed from function call
	local input_string = args[1] -- List string to modify
	local template = args[2] -- String to put at each {split}
	local missing_string = args[3] -- String to return when either the template or the input is nil
    local new_string = ''
    
    -- Check if input string exists
    if input_string == nil or template == nil then
		return missing_string
    end
    
    -- Check if input string is not 'None'
    if input_string == 'None' then
		return 'None'
    end
	
	-- Split string by commas and append the template at each {split} point
    for split in string.gmatch(input_string , '([^,]+)') do
        new_string = new_string .. template:gsub('{split}', split:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')) .. ' '
    end
    
    -- Remove comma on end of list
    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 the new string to the list
    return new_string
end
return p