Module:Political party

local p = {}

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) 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 = mw.ustring.sub(party, 1, 1) local data = mw.loadData('Module:Political names/' .. index) local data_all = data.full local data_alt = data.alternate local return_value = data_all[party][out_type] or data_all[data_alt[party]] mw.log(return_value) -- If database value doesn't exist, return input if return_value == nil and frame.args[1] ~= nil then return_value = error('value not in template. Please request that it be added') end return return_value end

return p