Module talk:Country population: Difference between revisions

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:::: I don't think you can use a template to supply a series of parameters. The solutions is to get the module to handle a list (e.g. comma delimited). If the module is handling it, then the lists may as well be stored in a subpage and be provided a via a parameter, e.g. {{para|list=South America}}. —&nbsp;<span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;">&nbsp;[[User:Jts1882|Jts1882]]&nbsp;&#124;[[User talk:Jts1882|&nbsp;talk]]&nbsp;</span> 08:24, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

{{Country populations|list=SouthNorth America}}

The above table is generated with <code><nowiki>{{Country populations|list=South America}}</nowiki></code>. The list of countries is stored in a table as follows:

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<pre> local country_lists = {

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['South America'] = { "ARG","BOL","BRA","CHL","COL","ECU","GUY","PRY","PER","SUR","URY","VEN","BVT","FLK","SGS","GUF" }

<pre> local country_lists = {

}

['South America'] = { "ARG","BOL","BRA","CHL","COL","ECU","GUY","PRY","PER","SUR","URY","VEN","BVT","FLK","SGS","GUF" },

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['North America'] = { "ATG","BHS","BLZ","BRB","CAN","CRI","CUB","DMA","DOM","GRD","GTM","HND","HTI","JAM","KNA","LCA","MEX","NIC","PAN","SLV","TTO","USA","VCT" },

['Arab countries'] = { "EGY","DZA","SDN","IRQ","MAR","SAU","YEM","SYR","TUN","JOR","ARE","LBN","LBY","PSE","OMN","KWT","MRT","QAT","BHR","DJI","COM" }

}

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At the moment it is just a local variable in the function, but I suggest putting them in a subpage of the module. Then the subpage can be used by other modules. —&nbsp;<span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;">&nbsp;[[User:Jts1882|Jts1882]]&nbsp;&#124;[[User talk:Jts1882|&nbsp;talk]]&nbsp;</span> 16:26, 14 June 2021 (UTC)