Module:TableGenerator

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

local p = {}

--<table class="wikitable">
--{{#invoke: TableGenerator | generateHtmlTable | cols=3 | onlyBody=true | Item 1 | Item 2 | Item 3 | Item 4 | Item 5 }}
--</table>

--creates

--Item 1, Item 2, Item 3
--Item 4, Item 5
function p.generateHtmlTable(frame)
    -- Get the arguments passed to the template
    local args = frame.args
    local cols = tonumber(args['cols']) or 3  -- Default number of columns is 3
    local onlyBody = args['onlyBody'] == 'true'  -- Check if onlyBody is set to true
    local cell_values = args['cell_values'] or ""  -- Get the cell values argument
    local values = {}  -- Table to hold the individual cell values
    
    -- Split the cell_values string by commas
    for value in cell_values:gmatch("[^,]+") do
        table.insert(values, value:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$"))  -- Trim whitespace
    end
    
    -- Initialize the HTML table structure
    local result = ''
    
    if not onlyBody then
        result = result .. '<table class="wikitable">\n'
    end
    
    local count = 0
    for i, value in ipairs(values) do
        -- If it's the start of a new row
        if count % cols == 0 then
            if count > 0 then
                result = result .. '  </tr>\n'
            end
            result = result .. '  <tr>\n'
        end

        -- Add the value as a table cell
        result = result .. '    <td>' .. value .. '</td>\n'
        count = count + 1
    end
    
    -- Close the last row if necessary
    if count % cols ~= 0 then
        result = result .. '  </tr>\n'
    end

    if not onlyBody then
        result = result .. '</table>'
    end

    return result
end

return p