Module talk:Country population

Static Row Numbers

Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hey, Jts1882, would {{srn}} be useful in this module? — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 (talk) 21:59, 2 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

  Done

FYI, you can't just add templates or tags to wikitext output generated in a module, as they won't expand properly. You need to use frame:expandTemplate or frame:extensionTag

P.S. I don't think the template {{srn}} is a good idea. It's to short to make it clear what it does and looks like one of the short note citation template, which could confuse people. Better to use the full template name which gives an indication of what it is doing. —  Jts1882 | talk  08:56, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Ok. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 (talk) 09:06, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Bottom alignment

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Jts1882: Rows seem to be valigned to the bottom. I had a look at the code, and could only find bottom alignment for the header row, which is fine. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 (talk) 01:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Flaglist vs Flagcountry

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Jts1882: Wouldn't {{flaglist}} be better for alignment than {{flagcountry}} here? — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 (talk) 01:28, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Template wrapper

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I started a template wrapper for this module bc I wanted to pass the list of countries as a template (like the {{List of countries in South America}}), bc the MW engine processes modules before templates. The main function here is commented with called from template, but I got stuck passing through the arguments. Did you already create the template you referred to there, Jts1882, or can you help me beat that one into shape? Cheers. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 08:17, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

The main() function wasn't doing anything. The module was using p.populations().

When a module is called directly from #invoke the arguments are in frame.args. The function p.populations() uses these frame arguments. I've split p.populations to have an entry point for invoke that gets the frame arguments and calls p._populations() to generate the table.

When called from a template the arguments are in the parent frame. I've changed main() to get the parent frame arguments and then call p._populations() so it now seems to work for the template. Not an ideal approach but an easy change for now. —  Jts1882 | talk  10:04, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Country	Projected population (2 September 2025)	Pct of total	UN Population estimates		Annual growth[a]		Doubling time (years)[b]
			1 July 2023	1 July 2022	Increment	Rate
Brazil	212,965,319	48.56%	211,140,729	210,306,415	834,314	0.40%	175
Colombia	53,611,368	12.22%	52,321,152	51,737,944	583,208	1.13%	62
Argentina	45,823,296	10.45%	45,538,401	45,407,904	130,497	0.29%	242
Peru	34,664,279	7.90%	33,845,617	33,475,438	370,179	1.11%	63
Venezuela	28,492,688	6.50%	28,300,854	28,213,017	87,837	0.31%	223
Chile	19,890,739	4.54%	19,658,835	19,553,036	105,799	0.54%	128
Ecuador	18,324,247	4.18%	17,980,083	17,823,897	156,186	0.88%	79
Bolivia	12,615,106	2.88%	12,244,159	12,077,154	167,005	1.38%	50
Paraguay	7,029,596	1.60%	6,844,146	6,760,464	83,682	1.24%	56
Uruguay	3,381,935	0.77%	3,388,081	3,390,913	−2,832	−0.08%	−830
Guyana	836,696	0.19%	826,353	821,637	4,716	0.57%	121
Suriname	641,503	0.15%	628,886	623,164	5,722	0.92%	76
French Guiana	314,779	0.07%	303,402	298,306	5,096	1.71%	41
Falkland Islands	3,449	0.00%	3,477	3,490	−13	−0.37%	−186
Total	438,594,999	100%	433,024,175	430,492,779	2,531,396	0.58%	118

I wonder what I need to do to get this to work:

Country	Projected population (2 September 2025)	Pct of total	Annual growth		Doubling time (years)
			Increment	Rate
Brazil	212,965,319	48.56%	834,314	0.40%	175
Colombia	53,611,368	12.22%	583,208	1.13%	62
Argentina	45,823,296	10.45%	130,497	0.29%	242
Peru	34,664,279	7.90%	370,179	1.11%	63
Venezuela	28,492,688	6.50%	87,837	0.31%	223
Chile	19,890,739	4.54%	105,799	0.54%	128
Ecuador	18,324,247	4.18%	156,186	0.88%	79
Bolivia	12,615,106	2.88%	167,005	1.38%	50
Paraguay	7,029,596	1.60%	83,682	1.24%	56
Uruguay	3,381,935	0.77%	−2,832	−0.08%	−830
Guyana	836,696	0.19%	4,716	0.57%	121
Suriname	641,503	0.15%	5,722	0.92%	76
French Guiana	314,779	0.07%	5,096	1.71%	41
Falkland Islands	3,449	0.00%	−13	−0.37%	−186
Total	438,594,999	100%	2,531,396	0.58%	118

Yeah, well, I know it works like that—{{Country populations|ARG|BOL|BRA|COL|PER|VEN|CHL|ECU|PRY|URY|GUY|GUF|SUR|FLK}}—but what I really wanted was:

{{Country populations|{{List of countries in South America|ISO=y}}}}

Lua error: bad argument #1 to 'formatNum' (NaN).

The motive here is replicating the good work you did with {{Country populations}} to, say, {{Country areas}}, {{Country densities}}, etc, so that the list of countries in each region could be centrally maintained in a single template for each. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 21:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

The problem there is that the result of that is to set parameter |1=Template:List of countries in South America.

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. |. —  Jts1882 | talk  08:24, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Country	Projected population (2 September 2025)	Pct of total	UN Population estimates		Annual growth		Doubling time (years)
			1 July 2023	1 July 2022	Increment	Rate
Brazil	212,965,319	48.56%	211,140,729	210,306,415	834,314	0.40%	175
Colombia	53,611,368	12.22%	52,321,152	51,737,944	583,208	1.13%	62
Argentina	45,823,296	10.45%	45,538,401	45,407,904	130,497	0.29%	242
Peru	34,664,279	7.90%	33,845,617	33,475,438	370,179	1.11%	63
Venezuela	28,492,688	6.50%	28,300,854	28,213,017	87,837	0.31%	223
Chile	19,890,739	4.54%	19,658,835	19,553,036	105,799	0.54%	128
Ecuador	18,324,247	4.18%	17,980,083	17,823,897	156,186	0.88%	79
Bolivia	12,615,106	2.88%	12,244,159	12,077,154	167,005	1.38%	50
Paraguay	7,029,596	1.60%	6,844,146	6,760,464	83,682	1.24%	56
Uruguay	3,381,935	0.77%	3,388,081	3,390,913	−2,832	−0.08%	−830
Guyana	836,696	0.19%	826,353	821,637	4,716	0.57%	121
Suriname	641,503	0.15%	628,886	623,164	5,722	0.92%	76
French Guiana	314,779	0.07%	303,402	298,306	5,096	1.71%	41
Falkland Islands	3,449	0.00%	3,477	3,490	−13	−0.37%	−186
Total	438,594,999	100%	433,024,175	430,492,779	2,531,396	0.58%	118

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

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

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. —  Jts1882 | talk  16:26, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

1. Cite error: The named reference UN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).