Module:Sandbox/Hike395/Compact list

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs local clist = require('Module:Collapsible list').main local compressSparseArray = require('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArray local p = {}

--[[ Combine named-and-numbered arguments into a pretty list. "Named-and-numbered" means foo, foo0, foo_1, foo234: anything that matches foo_?%d+

Arguments: args[1] = name to search arguments rest of args = arguments to search Returns: Pretty list, in order of argument number. "foo" comes first, then "foo0", "foo1", ... "fooN" The argument numbering does not have to be sequential If number of args that match <= args[_limit] (4 default), returns text list of the form "A, B, C and D" otherwise returns collapsible list --]] function p._main(args) local pattern = "^"..args[1].."_?(%d+)$" -- pattern to match local values = {} for k, v in pairs(args) do --- loop through all arguments if k == args[1] then   --- if argument is just "foo", put it first values[1] = v		else ord = tonumber(mw.ustring.match(k,pattern)) --- if "foo_?%d+", extract number if ord then values[ord+2] = v --- put value into list at number+2 (to keep "foo" first, even for foo0) end end end values = compressSparseArray(values) --- squeeze out gaps/nils in values, keep ordering local limit = tonumber(args._limit) or 4 if #values > limit then return clist(values)  --- if longer than limit, call Module:Collapsible list end return mw.text.listToText(values) --- otherwise just print out pretty text list end

function p.main(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) return p._main(args) end

return p