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Revision as of 15:20, 3 June 2013

1,455 bytes added , 11 years ago

hack to parse the parameters in the 'correct' order

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m>Mr. Stradivarius

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      return tostring(root)
+end
+-- This function parses the parameters with the given prefixes, in order, in batches of 20.
+local function touchParameters(prefixTable, origArgs)
+    if type(prefixTable) ~= 'table' or type(origArgs) ~= 'table' then
+        error("Invalid input to the touchParameters function detected. Both parameters must be tables.", 2)
+    end
+    local temp
+    local argumentCounter = 1
+    local moreArgumentsExist = true
+    for j,v in ipairs(prefixTable) do
+        if not type(v) == "string" then
+            error("Non-string value detected in the prefix table in the touchParameters function.", 2)
+        end
+        temp = origArgs[v]
+    end
+    while moreArgumentsExist == true do
+        moreArgumentsExist = false
+        for i = argumentCounter, argumentCounter + 19 do
+            for j,v in ipairs(prefixTable) do
+                temp = origArgs[v .. tostring(i)]
+                if temp then
+                    moreArgumentsExist = true
+                end
+            end
+        end
+        argumentCounter = argumentCounter + 20
+    end
 end
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          origArgs = frame
      end
+    -- Parse the data parameters in the same order that the old {{infobox}} did, so that
+    -- references etc. will display in the expected places.
+    local temp
+    temp = origArgs.title
+    temp = origArgs.above
+    touchParameters({'subheader'}, origArgs)
+    touchParameters({'image', 'caption'}, origArgs)
+    touchParameters({'header', 'label', 'data'}, origArgs)
+    temp = origArgs.below
      -- ParserFunctions considers whitespace to be false, so to preserve the previous