Module:TableParser

Documentation

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TableParser is a utility module for parsing two-dimensional tables using a syntax similar to MediaWiki's own table syntax.

DEPRECATED

This module is now deprecated, and this page only exists for archival purposes. Please use Module:TableArguments instead.

Example

Wikicode

...
{{#invoke:SomeModule|print_table
|a|b|c|d
|-
|e|f|g
|-
|h|i|j|k
}}
...

Lua

...
TableParser.parse(args, function (idx, row)
	print(("* row %s: %s):format(idx, table.concat(row, " ")))
end)
...

Description

The module has a single function, parse, which accepts the arguments args, row_fn, and optionally delim. The function scans all the numbered indices of args, treating each instance of delim as a row delimiter. If unspecified, delim defaults to -, just like in normal Wikitable syntax.

For each scanned row, TableParser will call row_fn(idx, row), where idx is the index of the row, starting from 1, and row is a Lua table containing the contents of that row.

parse will return a table containing the non-nil results of each call to row_fun.

Test Case

Test Case 1

• row 1: a b c
• row 2: = d e
• row 3: = f

Should print out:

• row 1: a b c
• row 2: = d e
• row 3: = f

Test Case 2 (Custom Delimiter)

• row 1: a b c -
• row 2: d e -
• row 3: f

Should print out:

• row 1: a b c -
• row 2: d e -
• row 3: f

See Also

• Module:TableParser/Test

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:TableParser/doc. (edit | history)

---

-- Lua is extremely stupid
local function maybe_insert(tbl, x)
	if x ~= nil then
		table.insert(tbl, x)
	end
end

local function parse(args, row_fn, delim)
	local delim = delim or "-"
	local idx = 1
	local row = {}
	local res = {}
	for _, arg in ipairs(args) do
		if arg == delim then
			maybe_insert(res, row_fn(idx, row))
			idx = idx + 1
			row = {}
		else
			table.insert(row, arg)
		end
	end
	maybe_insert(res, row_fn(idx, row))
	return res
end

return {parse=parse}