Module:Flags Explained

local p =

-- Loading the flag translations module --local translations = mw.loadData("Module:Flags/LocaleData")local master = mw.loadData("Module:Flags/MasterData")

-- check if name is an original name in translation.fullname and-- return its value, otherwise return nilfunction check_translation(name) local link for translation, commonsName in pairs(translations.fullName) do if commonsName

name then link = translation break --if found break out from the loop end end return linkend

-- Size of flag ---- Function to define the default size for the flag if neededfunction defaultSize --todo: move exception to Module:Flags/MasterData local sizeExceptions = local size = "20x22px" --initialize with default value for some,exceptions in pairs(sizeExceptions) do if commonsName

exceptions then size = "20x17px" break --if found break out from loop end end return sizeend

-- Assigning the parameter to a flag and a linkfunction p.flag(territory) --always declare local variable, they are more efficient and dont pollute global namespace local commonsName local flagOf = "Flag_of_" -- Converts "Flag of" in a variable in order to accept images that don't follow this name schema local link = "" -- more efficient to access local flag_code = territory.args[1] or ""-- Searching in the master table only.-- 2 letter code search if #flag_code

2 then -- try to assign a value to commonsName and check for nil value commonsName = master.twoLetter[flag_code] --if check_translation return nil then it will execute the or part and assign commonsName to link if commonsName then link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName; end elseif #flag_code

3 then -- 3 letter code search commonsName = master.threeLetter[flag_code] if commonsName then link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName; end end-- check if commonsName is still nil if commonsName

nil then -- check master.fullName table commonsName = master.fullName[flag_code] if commonsName then link = check_translation(commonsName) or commonsName; else -- Searching in FlagTranslations commonsName = translations.fullName[flag_code] if commonsName then link = flag_code else -- Fallback to Commons when the parameter doesn't have an entry in the tables commonsName = flag_code link = flag_code end end end

-- Variant check for historical flags -- local variant = territory.args[3] if variant and variant ~= "" then commonsName = master.variant[commonsName .. "|" .. variant] flagOf="" end

-- Label check -- variant = territory.args[2] if variant and variant ~="" then commonsName = master.variant[commonsName .. "|" .. variant] flagOf="" end

-- Digesting Commons flag files not following the format "Flag of "-- These filenamess must be preceded by "File:" in the table values.

if commonsName ~= nil and string.find(commonsName, "File:", 1)

1 then commonsName = string.sub(commonsName, 6) flagOf="" end

-- Fallback for non-identified variant/label flags -- if commonsName

nil then commonsName = "Flag of None" end

-- Border for everybody except Nepal and Ohio-- todo: move exception to Module:Flags/MasterData local border = "border|" if commonsName

"Nepal" or commonsName

"Ohio" then border = "" end

-- Checking whether a size parameter has been introduced, otherwise set default if territory.args[4]:find("px", -2) ~= nil then size = territory.args[4] else size = defaultSize(commonsName) end

-- Customizing the link openBrackets = "" closeBrackets = "" if territory.args[5]

"" then flagLink = "" textLink = "" openBrackets = "" closeBrackets = "" elseif territory.args[5] ~= "" then flagLink = territory.args[5] textLink = territory.args[5] .. "|" else flagLink = link textLink = link .. "|" end

-- Text in addition to flag if territory.args[6]

"" then text = " " .. openBrackets .. link .. closeBrackets elseif territory.args[6] ~= "" then text = " " .. openBrackets .. textLink .. territory.args[6] .. closeBrackets else text = "" end

return '' .. textendreturn p