Module:Sort

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Sort/doc

local p = {}

function p.parse(frame)

    local input = frame.args[1] or ""

    -- DPL-specific preprocessing
    input = input:gsub("%s*%|%s*", ",") -- Convert DPL separators to commas if present

    local pre = ""
    local post = ""
    if frame.args['wrap'] then
        pre = "{{L|" .. frame.args['wrap'] .. "|"
        post = "}}"
    end
    if frame.args['cat'] and frame.args['name'] and frame.args['ns'] then
        pre = "{{Cat|name=" .. frame.args['name'] .. "|ns=" .. frame.args['ns'] .. "|"
        post = "}}"
    end
    if frame.args['item'] and frame.args['name'] and frame.args['ns'] then
        pre = "{{Cat|name=" .. frame.args['name'] .. "|ns=" .. frame.args['ns'] .. "|"
        post = " equipment}}"
    end

    local items = {}
    for item in string.gmatch(input, "([^,]+)") do
        local trimmed_item = item:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$") -- Trim whitespace
        table.insert(items, pre .. trimmed_item .. post)
    end

    table.sort(items)
    if frame.args['cat'] then
        return frame:preprocess(table.concat(items, ""))
    else
        return frame:preprocess(table.concat(items, ", "))
    end
end

return p