Module:Sandbox/Danski454/UBLSortable explained

require('strict')local p = local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgslocal TableTools = require('Module:TableTools')local ListModule = require('Module:List')-- based on

function p.asc(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) return p._asc(args)end

function p._asc(args) local listItems = -- loop over args (copied from) for k, v in pairs(args) do if type(k)

'string' then local prefix, num = k:match('^(.-)([1-9][0-9]*)$') if prefix and num then num = tonumber(num) if not listItems[num] then listItems[num] = end listItems[num][prefix] = v end end end listItems = TableTools.compressSparseArray(listItems) table.sort(listItems, function (a, b) local ak = a.key or a.item local bk = b.key or b.item if tonumber(ak) and tonumber(bk) then return tonumber(ak) < tonumber(bk) else return ak < bk end end) return p.renderList(listItems)end

function p.desc(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) return p._desc(args)end

function p._desc(args) end

function p.renderList(listItems) local args = for i=1, #listItems do if listItems[i].item and mw.ustring.find(listItems[i].item, '%S') then args[#args+1] = listItems[i].item end end return ListModule.makeList('unbulleted', args)end

return p