>Jackmcbarn: Make this work when called with wikitext's fake tables

2021-01-16T19:03:09Z

Make this work when called with wikitext's fake tables

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local mt = {}

function mt.__index(t, k)
return function(frame)
local data = mw.loadData(k)
local i = 1
for _,v in ipairs(frame.args) do
local ty = type(data)
if ty ~= 'table' then
local args = {}
for j = 1, i - 1 do
args[j] = frame.args[j]
end
if frame.args.softfail then
return '<span class="error">[[Category:Pages with failed Module:Data lookups]]Error: Tried to read index "' .. mw.text.nowiki(v) .. '" of mw.loadData("' .. mw.text.nowiki(k) .. '").' .. mw.text.nowiki(table.concat(args, '.')) .. ', which is a ' .. ty .. '</span>'
else
error('Tried to read index "' .. v .. '" of mw.loadData("' .. k .. '").' .. table.concat(args, '.') .. ', which is a ' .. ty)
end
end
data = data[v]
i = i + 1
end
return data
end
end

return setmetatable({}, mt)

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