Module:Template input utils - Revision history

Ganaram inukshuk at 10:22, 4 February 2026

2026-02-04T10:22:30Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:22, 4 February 2026
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	-- - Numbered <anything> to table extract args and places them into a table.		-- - Numbered <anything> to table extract args and places them into a table.

	-- Normalize params to snake case; anything close enough to snake case is		-- Normalize params to snake case (may change to a different form later);
	-- converted to snake case:		-- anything close enough to snake case is converted to snake case:
	-- TRAIN_CASE, KEBEB-CASE, no dashes (OK!)		-- TRAIN_CASE, KEBEB-CASE, no dashes (OK!)
	-- PascalCase, camelCase (will not convert properly)		-- PascalCase, camelCase (will not convert properly)

Ganaram inukshuk at 02:20, 4 February 2026

2026-02-04T02:20:27Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:20, 4 February 2026
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	-- Normalize params to snake case; anything close enough to snake case is		-- Normalize params to snake case; anything close enough to snake case is
	-- converted to snake case:		-- converted to snake case:
	-- - ~~PascalCase -> pascal_case~~		-- TRAIN_CASE, KEBEB-CASE, no dashes (OK!)
	-- - camelCase ~~-> camel_case~~		-- PascalCase, camelCase (will not convert properly)
	-- - ~~ALL_CAPS -> all_caps~~		-- Function work-in-progress
	-- ~~- TRAIN-CASE -> train_case~~
	~~-- - kebab-case -> kebab_case~~
	~~-- - Whatever-This-Case-Is -> whatever_this_case_is~~
	~~-- - lowercase, UPPERCASE -> cannot be converted properly (lowercase, uppercase)~~
	function p.normalize_params(args)		function p.normalize_params(args)

			-- Local function for normalizing strings
			-- Spaces and dashes turn into underscores
			-- and all capital letters become lowercase
			local function normalize(input_string)
			local cleaned_string = string.gsub(string.lower(input_string), "[%-%s]", "_")
			end

	end		end

Ganaram inukshuk: add empty function for param normalizing

2026-02-04T00:19:55Z

add empty function for param normalizing

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 -- Library module for common operations with handling template input.
 -- - Numbered <anything> to table extract args and places them into a table.
 -- Extracts numbered args (from frame.args) and stores them into one table.

Ganaram inukshuk: todo

2025-10-31T01:41:18Z

todo

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:41, 31 October 2025
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	-- TODO: move tip functions here? See [[Module:Template input parse]]		-- TODO: move tip functions here? See [[Module:Template input parse]]

			-- TODO:
			-- Add param name normalization: params close enough to snake_case are normal-
			-- ized to snake_case

	-- Library module for common operations with handling template input.		-- Library module for common operations with handling template input.

Ganaram inukshuk: un-refactor numbered_args_to_table so key_fmt is before keep_originals, as thats expected to be changed more than keep_originals; this also broke the sidebar

2025-10-23T10:12:40Z

un-refactor numbered_args_to_table so key_fmt is before keep_originals, as thats expected to be changed more than keep_originals; this also broke the sidebar

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:12, 23 October 2025
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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, keep_originals~~, key_fmt~~)		function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, key_fmt, keep_originals)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"		local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"

Ganaram inukshuk: minor refactoring for numbered-arg-to-table functions; keep_originals is the 3rd arg; shouldn't affect the modules calling the functions

2025-10-22T08:48:14Z

minor refactoring for numbered-arg-to-table functions; keep_originals is the 3rd arg; shouldn't affect the modules calling the functions

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:48, 22 October 2025
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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, key_fmt~~, keep_originals~~)		function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, keep_originals, key_fmt)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"		local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"
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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(args, max_num, header_fmt, data_fmt~~, is_strict_pair, keep_originals~~)		function p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(args, max_num, keep_originals, is_strict_pair, header_fmt, data_fmt)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"		local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"

Ganaram inukshuk: to-table functions remove original values from args table; this is now toggleable

2025-10-17T22:27:45Z

to-table functions remove original values from args table; this is now toggleable

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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, key_fmt)		function p.numbered_args_to_table(args, max_num, key_fmt, keep_originals)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"		local key_fmt = key_fmt or "Entry %d"
			local keep_originals = keep_originals or false -- Denotes whether to keep originals in table or remove them; default false

	local entries = {}		local entries = {}
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	local entry = args[key] -- Extract		local entry = args[key] -- Extract
	table.insert(entries, entry) -- Insert		table.insert(entries, entry) -- Insert
	args[key] = nil -- Remove original		if not keep_originals then
			args[key] = nil -- Remove original
			end
	end		end

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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(args, max_num, header_fmt, data_fmt, is_strict_pair)		function p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(args, max_num, header_fmt, data_fmt, is_strict_pair, keep_originals)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"		local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"
	local data_fmt = data_fmt or "Data %d"		local data_fmt = data_fmt or "Data %d"
	local is_strict_pair = is_strict_pair or false -- Denotes whether a pair must have both header and data		local is_strict_pair = is_strict_pair or false -- Denotes whether a pair must have both header and data
			local keep_originals = keep_originals or false -- Denotes whether to keep originals in table or remove them; default false

	local entries = {}		local entries = {}
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	-- Remove originals		-- Remove originals
	args[header_key] = nil		if not keep_originals then
	args[data_key] = nil		args[header_key] = nil
			args[data_key] = nil
			end
	end		end

Ganaram inukshuk: minor renaming

2025-10-15T05:58:17Z

minor renaming

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:58, 15 October 2025
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	-- Library module for common operations with handling template input.		-- Library module for common operations with handling template input.
			-- - Numbered <anything> to table extract args and places them into a table.

	-- Extracts numbered args (from frame.args) and stores them into one table.		-- Extracts numbered args (from frame.args) and stores them into one table.
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	-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,		-- table, as it may require further processing (EG, parsing to number, ratio,
	-- kv-pairs, etc).		-- kv-pairs, etc).
	function p.~~header_data_pairs_to_table~~(args, max_num, header_fmt, data_fmt, is_strict_pair)		function p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(args, max_num, header_fmt, data_fmt, is_strict_pair)
	local max_num = max_num or 100		local max_num = max_num or 100
	local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"		local header_fmt = header_fmt or "Header %d"
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	-- Some older infoboxes use a jagged array instead of an assoc-array, so convert		-- Some older infoboxes use a jagged array instead of an assoc-array, so convert
	-- two-element tables into a header-data pair, and one-element tables into		-- two-element tables into a header-data pair, and one-element tables into
	-- either a headerless data row, or a dataless header row. This may ~~also be~~		-- either a headerless data row, or a dataless header row.
	-- easier to work with.		-- Default is to interpret size-1 arrays as data rows, which corresponds to how
	~~-- TODO: decide on default value~~		-- the infobox worked before it became template-ified. This old input method may
			-- be easier to work with.
	function p.jagged_array_to_header_data_pairs(rows, is_header_row)		function p.jagged_array_to_header_data_pairs(rows, is_header_row)
	local is_header_row = is_header_row or false		local is_header_row = is_header_row or false
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	--test_args["Entries"] = p.numbered_args_to_table(test_args, "Entry %d", 10)		--test_args["Entries"] = p.numbered_args_to_table(test_args, "Entry %d", 10)
	test_args["Entries"] = p.~~header_data_pairs_to_table~~(test_args, 10, "Header %d", "Entry %d")		test_args["Entries"] = p.numbered_header_data_args_to_table(test_args, 10, "Header %d", "Entry %d")
	return test_args		return test_args
	end		end

	return p		return p

Ganaram inukshuk: move tester last

2025-10-14T00:49:02Z

move tester last

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 	return entries
 end
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 	end
 	return new_rows
 end
 return p

Ganaram inukshuk: add jagged_array_to_header_data_pairs function; to be added to infobox to autodetect between jagged array and header-data pairs, for backwards-compatibility

2025-10-14T00:40:55Z

add jagged_array_to_header_data_pairs function; to be added to infobox to autodetect between jagged array and header-data pairs, for backwards-compatibility

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 	test_args["Entries"] = p.header_data_pairs_to_table(test_args, 10, "Header %d", "Entry %d")
 	return test_args
 end
 return p