Module:IslandTable

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:IslandTable/doc

local p = {}

-- Fetch all pages in a given category using Category_handler
local function getPagesInCategory(category)
    local category_handler = require('Module:Category_handler')
    local pages = category_handler.main({
        category = category,
        list = 'pages'
    })
    return pages or {}
end

-- Main function to generate the table
function p.render()
    -- Fetch islands and cities
    local islands = getPagesInCategory('Islands')
    local cities = {}
    for _, island in ipairs(islands) do
        cities[island] = getPagesInCategory('Cities in ' .. island)
    end

    -- Determine the maximum number of rows needed
    local maxRows = 0
    for _, cityList in pairs(cities) do
        if #cityList > maxRows then
            maxRows = #cityList
        end
    end

    -- Start building the table HTML
    local html = '{| class="wikitable sortable"\n|+\n'
    html = html .. '! ' .. table.concat(islands, ' !! ') .. '\n'

    -- Add city rows
    for i = 1, maxRows do
        html = html .. '|-\n'
        for _, island in ipairs(islands) do
            local city = cities[island][i] or ''
            html = html .. '| [[' .. city .. ']]\n'
        end
        html = html .. '|-\n'
    end

    html = html .. '|}'
    return html
end

return p