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local p = {} function splitByPlainSeparator(str, sep, max) local z = #sep; sep = '^.-'..sep:gsub('[$%%()*+%-.?%[%]^]', '%%%0') local t,n,p, q,r = {},1,1, str:find(sep) while q and n~=max do t[n],n,p = str:sub(q,r-z),n+1,r+1 q,r = str:find(sep,p) end t[n] = str:sub(p) return t end function toMap(entries) local fields = splitByPlainSeparator(entries, '$$') mw.log(fields) local map = {} for var=1,#fields-1 do local tmp = {} local current = fields[var] for k, s in pairs(splitByPlainSeparator(current, '$')) do local tmp2 = splitByPlainSeparator(s, '=') tmp[tmp2[1]] = tmp2[2] end map[var] = tmp end return map end function value(entries, i, j, args) if not entries[i] then return 'Out Of Range' else if not entries[i][j] or entries[i][j] == '' then return args['default/' .. j] or '' else return entries[i][j] end end end function uniq(entries, i, j, args, columns) if not entries[i] then return 'Out Of Range' end if not args['unique/' .. j] then return value(entries, i, j, args) end local ret = args['unique/' .. j] for k, column in pairs(columns) do ret = ret:gsub(column, value(entries, i, column, args)) end return ret end function p.table(frame) local args = frame.args local entries = toMap(frame.args['entries']) local columns = splitByPlainSeparator(frame.args['columns'], ',') local result = "" for var=1,#entries do for k, column in pairs(columns) do local id = uniq(entries, var, column, args, columns) if (id ~= uniq(entries, var - 1, column, args, columns)) then local rowspan = 1 while (id == uniq(entries, var + rowspan, column, args, columns)) do rowspan = rowspan + 1 end local value = value(entries, var, column, args) if value ~= '' and frame.args['display/' .. column] then value = frame.args['display/' .. column]:gsub('value', value) end result = result .. '|rowspan="' .. tostring(rowspan) .. '"|' .. value .. "\n" end end if (var ~= #entries) then result = result .. "|-\n" end end return result end return p