Module:ParseList

Doc page: Module:ParseList/doc

This module allows you to process a list of values (separated by a comma by default) and display them in a variety of useful formats.

{{#invoke:ParseList|main|Fighter, Cleric, Wizard}}

Becomes:

Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard

Parameters

The first parameter is the list to be processed. The remaining parameters are optional:

parameter	default	meaning
style	'text'	The desired output format, see below for possibilities.
type		Deprecated synonym for style.
delimiter	','	The character that should serve as a delimiter of the input list. This can actually be a string of multiple characters which will all work as a delimiter, but that usage is discouraged as it may cause confusion.
makePlural	(empty)	If provided and not blank, means that each element will be turned into a plural word.
makeSingular	(empty)	If provided and not blank, means that each element will be turned into singular.
makeLowercase	(empty)	If provided and not blank, means that each element will be made all-lowercase.
makeLinks	(empty)	If provided and not blank, means that each element will be made into a link. If any transforms like plural, singular, or lowercase were specified, the original element will be the link destination, and the transformed version the link text. E.g., the list element "Apple" would become [[Apple|apples]] if makePlural, makeLowercase, and makeLinks were provided.
useTemplate	(empty)	If provided, will use the provided template on each element, i.e., turn every X into {{Template|X}}. This is done after any transforms like plural, singular and lowercase. E.g., the list element "Apple" would become {{Template|apples}} if makePlural, makeLowercase, and useTemplate were provided.
useTemplate2	(empty)	If provided, will use the provided template on each element and its transformed form as two template arguments. E.g., the list element "Apple" would become {{Template|Apple|apples}} if makePlural, makeLowercase, and useTemplate were provided.
textDelim	', '	If style is text, this is used as the delimiter for the output list. Setting this causes the default value for textLastDelim to be changed to the same value, since the default value of textLastDelim is unlikely to be useful with anything other than the default value of textDelim. Note that the default value is not just a comma; it's a comma followed by a space character.
textLastDelim	(conditional)	If style is text, this is used as the delimiter between the last two elements of the output list. If textDelim is not set (i.e., left at its default value), then the default value for this is ', and ' such that an input list "X, Y, Z" would be turned into "X, Y, and Z". You could leave textDelim unset, but set textLastDelim = <nowiki>, or </nowiki> to get the output "X, Y, or Z" instead. If textDelim is set, then this defaults to the same value as that. E.g., specifying textDelim = <nowiki> + </nowiki> would transform the input list "X, Y, Z" into "X + Y + Z" without needing to also change the value of textLastDelim. Note: The use of <nowiki> here is to prevent leading and trailing space characters from being ignored when setting textDelim or textLastDelim to a string that should start and/or end with a space character.

The automatic plural/singular transforms are able to recognize certain irregular plurals and handle them correctly, such as "thieves" and "quarterstaves." This is handled partly through a table of explicit special conversions like staff -> staves, and partly through logical rules like ...f --> ...ves. If you find a word that produces a wrong result, it should be added to the table of explicit conversions.

The makeLink, useTemplate, and useTemplate2 arguments are mutually exclusive; when several are provided, only the first will take effect.

Output styles

The value of the style parameter can be the following:

value	example output
text	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
simpleList	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
htmlList	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
htmlListNoBullets	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
htmlListNoBulletsOrMargin	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
tableList	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard
none	Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard

The style none is useful if each element is being transformed into an HTML element such that no textual delimiters are desired.

Examples

Make Links

{{#invoke: ParseList | main | Fighter, Cleric, Wizard | makeLinks = yes }}

Result:

Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard

Make plural

{{#invoke: ParseList | main | Fighter, Cleric, Wizard | makePlural = yes }}

Result:

Fighters, Clerics, and Wizards

Make Plural Links

{{#invoke: ParseList | main | Fighter, Cleric, Wizard | makeLinks = yes | makePlural = yes }}

Result:

Fighters, Clerics, and Wizards

Make Plural Links, end with "or"

{{#invoke: ParseList | main | Fighter, Cleric, Wizard | makeLinks = yes | makePlural = yes | textLastDelim = <nowiki>, or </nowiki> }}

Result:

Fighters, Clerics, and Wizards

Make Plural Links, turn into HTML list

{{#invoke: ParseList | main | Fighter, Cleric, Wizard | makeLinks = yes | makePlural = yes | style = htmlList }}

Result:

Fighters, Clerics, and Wizards

---

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local p = {}

-- Config options, set in main function
local listDelimiters
local makeElementsLinks
local makeElementsPlural
local makeElementsSingular
local finalJoiningWord

local function splitListString(listString)
    local strings = {}
    for str in listString:gmatch("[^" .. listDelimiters .. "]+") do
        table.insert(strings, str:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$"))
    end
    return strings
end

-- This is a TWO-WAY conversion table of singular words and their corresponding
-- plural form, for those that wouldn't be handled correctly by the automatic
-- rules implemented further down below.  Note that we don't need to cover most
-- regular English words, as they're unlikely to ever be used with this module.
-- The kind of stuff you want to add here is gameplay elements like classes,
-- weapons, races, and so on.
local specialPlurals = {
	-- Weapons
	Staff = "Staves",
	staff = "staves",
	-- Races
	Gith = "Gith",
	gith = "gith",
	Githyanki = "Githyanki",
	githyanki = "githyanki",
	Duergar = "Duergar",
	duergar = "duergar",
	Drow = "Drow",
	drow = "drow",
	Dragonborn = "Dragonborn",
	dragonborn = "dragonborn",
	-- Creature types
	Fey = "Fey",
	fey = "fey",
	Undead = "Undead",
	undead = "undead",
}

-- Checks if str is equal to or ends in one of the keys in specialPlurals.
-- Returns the pluralized version if so, otherwise nil.
local function findSpecialPlural(str)
	for singular, plural in pairs(specialPlurals) do
		if str == singular then
			return plural
		end
		local len = #singular
		local suffix = str:sub(-len, -1)
		if (suffix == singular) then
			return str:sub(1, -len - 1) .. plural
		end
	end
end

-- Checks if str is equal to or ends in one of the values in specialPlurals.
-- Returns the singular version if so, otherwise nil.
local function findSpecialSingular(str)
	for singular, plural in pairs(specialPlurals) do
		if str == plural then
			return singular
		end
		local len = #plural
		local suffix = str:sub(-len, -1)
		if suffix == plural then
			return str:sub(1, -len - 1) .. singular
		end
	end
end

-- Checks for a special pluralization first, then implements these rules:
-- ...f -> ...ves
-- ...y -> ...ies
-- ...s -> ...ses
-- ...ch -> ...ches
-- ...sh -> ...shes
-- ... -> ...s
local function makePlural(str)
	local sp = findSpecialPlural(str)
	if sp then
		return sp
	end
	local last1 = str:sub(-1)
	if last1 == "f" then
		return str:sub(1, -2) .. "ves"
	elseif last1 == "y" then
		return str:sub(1, -2) .. "ies"
	elseif last1 == "s" then
		return str .. "es"
	end
	local last2 = str:sub(-2)
	if last2 == "ch" or last2 == "sh" then
		return str .. "es"
	end
	return str .. "s"
end

-- Checks for a special singularization first, then implements these rules:
-- ...ves -> ...f
-- ...ies -> ...y
-- ...ses -> ...s
-- ...ches -> ...ch
-- ...shes -> ...sh
-- ...s -> ...
-- ... -> ...
local function makeSingular(str)
	local special = findSpecialSingular(str)
	if special then
		return special
	end
	local last3 = str:sub(-3)
	if last3 == "ves" then
		return str:sub(1, -4) .. "f"
	elseif last3 == "ies" then
		return str:sub(1, -4) .. "y"
	elseif last3 == "ses" then
		return str:sub(1, -3)
	end
	local last4 = str:sub(-4)
	if last4 == "ches" or last4 == "shes" then
		return str:sub(1, -3)
	end
	if str:sub(-1) == "s" then
		return str:sub(1, -2)
	end
	return str
end

-- Applies the singular/plural transform and linkification
local function processElement(str)
	local original = str
	if makeElementsPlural then
		str = makePlural(str)
	elseif makeElementsSingular then
		str = makeSingular(str)
	end
	if makeElementsLinks then
		return "[[" .. original .. "|" .. str .. "]]"
	end
	return str
end

-- These functions implement the different output types.  The elements will have
-- already gone through processElement() at this point, so they only need to be
-- glued together to produce the desired type of listing format.
local converters = {
	sentence = function (elements)
	    local count = #elements
	    if count == 0 then
	    	return ""
	    elseif count == 1 then
	    	return elements[1]
	    elseif count == 2 then
			return elements[1] .. " " .. finalJoiningWord .. " " .. elements[2]
	    end
	    local result = ""
		for i, str in ipairs(elements) do
			if i < count then
				result = result .. str .. ", "
			else
				result = result .. finalJoiningWord .. " " .. str
			end
	    end
	    return result
	end,
	htmlList = function (elements)
		local result = ""
		for i, str in ipairs(elements) do
			result = result .. "* " .. str .. "\n"
		end
		return result
	end,
	simpleList = function (elements)
		local result = ""
		local first = true
		for i, str in ipairs(elements) do
			if first then
				result = str
				first = false
			else
				result = result .. ", " .. str
			end
		end
		return result
	end,
}

function p.main(frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame, { frameOnly = true })
	return p._main(args)
end

function p._main(args)
	listDelimiters = args['delimiter'] or ","
	makeElementsLinks = args['makeLinks']
	makeElementsPlural = args['makePlural']
	makeElementsSingular = args['makeSingular']
	finalJoiningWord = args['joinWord'] or "and"
	
	local type = args['type'] or 'sentence'
	local converter = converters[type]
	local elements = {}
	local listString = args[1]
	local strings = splitListString(listString)
	for i, str in ipairs(strings) do
		table.insert(elements, processElement(str))
	end
	return converter(elements)
end

return p