Module:Template input parse: Difference between revisions

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 		local trimmed = entry:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")
 		table.insert(parsed, trimmed)		-- Add to array
+	end
+	return parsed
+end
+-- Helper function
+-- Parses entries from a delimited string and returns them in an array
+-- Values entered are convereted into numbers rather than strings.
+-- Default delimiter is semicolon (;)
+function p.parse_numeric_entries(unparsed, delimiter)
+	local parsed = {}
+	local delimiter = delimiter or ';'
+	local expr = '([^' .. delimiter .. ']+)'
+	for entry in string.gmatch(unparsed, expr) do
+		local trimmed = entry:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")
+		local numeric = tonumber(trimmed)
+		table.insert(parsed, numeric)		-- Add to array
 	end
 	return parsed