Module:ApplyPattern

Custom module to apply either some wiki markup or a template to each item in a comma delimited list. Look at Template:Class for examples.

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local p = {}
function p.apply(frame)
	local list = frame.args[1]
	local pattern = frame.args[2]
	local result = ""
	local sep = ','
	
	for entry in {list:match((list:gsub("[^"..sep.."]*"..sep, "([^"..sep.."]*)"..sep)))} do
		result = result .. string.gsub(pattern, '%%pattern%%',entry)
	end
	
    return result
end
return p