View source for Module:Government/list

--The list must follow this format:
--  *Game/category blocks separated by a series of at least one hyphen on its own line
--  *Game/category name on its own line at the beginning of the block
--  *Each position on its own line as follows:
--     position name - position holder(s) separated by a comma and space
--  *Do not pluralize position names, and don't use abbreviations. These are added in Module:Government.
--  *Empty lines can be used for readability, they will be ignored
--To test changes, type =p in the console below and press Enter. It should return "table".

--only edit below the following line
local list = [=[

----
Community

Administrator - Lord of Darkness, Frawley, Jesse End
Moderator - Edward I, Imperial Emperor, Tebeat, Malabyte, Marina, Qazzian, Xoriet

----
NationStates

Emperor - Lord of Darkness
Consul - Elegarth
Legatus - Xoriet
Praetor - Marina
Censor - Shnailand
Tribune - Jar Wattinree
Vox Populi - Dimitri

----
Cyber Nations

Emperor - Lord of Darkness
Regent - Jesse End
Imperial Officer - DeathAdder, Emperor Ice, SynysterGates, Tebeat

Exarch - jgolla, Llednar Twem, Eric the Red, Edward I, Amyameretta

General - Antiega
Colonel - Eclipse

Prefect - Eric the Red
Tribune - Necrosin, Biowulf

----
Torn

Emperor - SynysterGates
Regent - Tiberius
Imperial Officer - Dan100, Pansy, Keshav
Counselor - Lord of Darkness, Red

General - CrayonEmpress

Provost - Elegarth

]=]--only edit above this line

--the separator between position names and occupants
local sep = ' - '

local function strip(s)
	--trim, lowercase, and remove non-alphanumeric characters. Also used in base module
	return mw.text.trim(mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.lower(s or ''), '%W', ''))
end

local struct = {}
local title, positions
local subStart, subEnd
for game in mw.text.gsplit(list, '\n%-+\n') do
	title = nil
	positions = {}
	for line in mw.text.gsplit(game, '\n') do
		line = mw.text.trim(line)
		if line ~= '' then
			if not title then
				title = line
			else
				subStart, subEnd = mw.ustring.find(line, sep, 1, true)
				if not subStart or not subEnd then
					return '<span class="error">Parse error in [[Module:Government/list]]: ' .. line .. '</span>'
				else
					positions[strip(mw.ustring.sub(line, 1, subStart - 1))] =
						mw.text.trim(mw.ustring.sub(line, subEnd + 1))
				end
			end
		end
	end
	if title then
		struct[strip(title)] = positions
	end
end

return struct
Description	What you type	What you get
Italic	''Italic text''	Italic text
Bold	'''Bold text'''	Bold text
Bold & italic	'''''Bold & italic text'''''	*Bold & italic text*