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local p = {}

-- Loading the flag translations module --

-- FIXME: include a short list of popular flags here (United States, China...) to avoid loading the module just for them

local translations = mw.loadData("Module:Flags/LocaleData")

local frequentFlags = {

local master = mw.loadData("Module:Flags/MasterData")

-- Frequent flags globally --

["China"] = "",

["United States"] = "",

-- check if name is an original name in translation.fullname and

-- Frequent flags in your wiki --

-- return its value, otherwise return nil

["England"] = "",

function check_translation(name)

}

local link

for translation, commonsName in pairs(translations.fullName) do

if commonsName == name then

link = translation

break --if found break out from the loop

end

end

return link

end

-- Size of flag --

-- Function for assigning values to flags found in tables

-- Function to define the default size for the flag if needed

function p.flagValues(territory)

function defaultSize()

if territory.args[1] == locale or territory.args[1] == english then commonsName = english link = locale end

--todo: move exception to Module:Flags/MasterData

local sizeExceptions = { "Nepal", "Switzerland", "the Vatican City", }

local size = "20x22px" --initialize with default value

for some,exceptions in pairs(sizeExceptions) do

if commonsName == exceptions then

size = "20x17px"

break --if found break out from loop

end

end

return size

end

-- Loading the flag translations module if the flags can't be found in frequentFlags

local translations = require "Module:Sandbox/QuimGil/FlagTranslations"

-- Assigning the parameter to a flag and a link

function p.flag(territory)

--always declare local variable, they are more efficient and dont pollute global namespace

-- No border for Nepal or Ohio

local commonsName

-- FIXME: there should be a table of flags without border

local flagOf = "Flag_of_" -- Converts "Flag of" in a variable in order to accept images that don't follow this name schema

if territory.args[1] == "Nepal" or territory.args[1] == "Ohio" then

local link = ""

return '[[File:Flag_of_' .. territory.args[1] .. '.svg|link=' .. territory.args[1] .. '|22x20px]]' end

-- more efficient to access

-- Searching in the translation table.

local flag_code = territory.args[1] or ""

for english,locale in pairs(translations.t) do p.flagValues(territory)

-- Searching in the master table only.

-- 2 letter code search

if #flag_code == 2 then

-- try to assign a value to commonsName and check for nil value

commonsName = master.twoLetter[flag_code]

--if check_translation return nil then it will execute the or part and assign commonsName to link

if commonsName then link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName; end

elseif #flag_code == 3 then -- 3 letter code search

commonsName = master.threeLetter[flag_code]

if commonsName then link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName; end

end

-- check if commonsName is still nil

-- In the absence of translation for an existing entry, links to the english/original name --

if commonsName ~== nil and link == '' then link = commonsName end

-- check master.fullName table

-- Fallback to Commons when the parameter doesn't have a translation in the table. The flag doesn't have a link, then.

if commonsName == nil then commonsName = territorymaster.argsfullName[1flag_code] link = territory.args[1] end

if commonsName then

return '[[File:Flag_of_' .. commonsName .. '.svg|border|link=' .. link .. '|22x20px]]'

link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName;

else -- Searching in FlagTranslations

commonsName = translations.fullName[flag_code]

if commonsName then

link = flag_code

else -- Fallback to Commons when the parameter doesn't have an entry in the tables

commonsName = flag_code

link = flag_code

end

end

end

-- Variant check for historical flags --

local variant = territory.args[3]

if variant and variant ~= "" then

commonsName = master.variant[commonsName .. "|" .. variant]

flagOf=""

end

-- Label check --

variant = territory.args[2]

if variant and variant ~="{{{2}}}" then

commonsName = master.variant[commonsName .. "|" .. variant]

flagOf=""

end

-- Digesting Commons flag files not following the format "Flag of "

-- These filenamess must be preceded by "File:" in the table values.

if commonsName ~= nil and string.find( commonsName, "File:", 1 ) == 1 then

commonsName = string.sub( commonsName, 6)

flagOf=""

end

-- Fallback for non-identified variant/label flags --

if commonsName == nil then commonsName = "Flag of None" end

-- Border for everybody except Nepal and Ohio

-- todo: move exception to Module:Flags/MasterData

local border = "border|"

if commonsName == "Nepal" or commonsName == "Ohio" then

border = ""

end

-- Checking whether a size parameter has been introduced, otherwise set default

if territory.args[4]:find("px", -2) ~= nil then

size = territory.args[4]

else

size = defaultSize(commonsName)

end

-- Customizing the link

openBrackets = "[["

closeBrackets = "]]"

if territory.args[5] == "" then

flagLink = ""

textLink = ""

openBrackets = ""

closeBrackets = ""

elseif territory.args[5] ~= "{{{link}}}" then

flagLink = territory.args[5]

textLink = territory.args[5] .. "|"

else flagLink = link

textLink = link .. "|"

end

-- Text in addition to flag

if territory.args[6] == "" then

text = " " .. openBrackets .. link .. closeBrackets

elseif territory.args[6] ~= "{{{text}}}" then

text = " " .. openBrackets .. textLink .. territory.args[6] .. closeBrackets

else text = ""

end

return '[[File:' .. flagOf .. commonsName .. '.svg|' .. border .. 'link=' .. flagLink .. '|'.. size .. ']]' .. text

end

return p