Module:Sandbox/Theklan/PipedCoords explained

local p =

-- This is used to get the coordinates of a location (property P625) e.g. 52°31'33"N, 2°4'30"W which is then formatted as 52|31|33|N|2|4|30|W for use in the templatep.getPipedCoords = function(frame) local propertyID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "") local input_parm = mw.text.trim(frame.args[2] or "") local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntityObject if entity then claims = entity.claims['P625'] if claims then local coords = entity:formatPropertyValues('P625', mw.wikibase.entity.claimRanks).value -- remove degrees, minutes, seconds - matches (digit, char) three times then N or S, then (digit, char) three times then E or W local result = mw.ustring.gsub(coords, "°", "/") local result = mw.ustring.gsub(result, "%p", "/") local result = mw.ustring.gsub(result, "||39", "") local result = mw.ustring.gsub(result, "||34", "") return result else return "0/0/0/N/0/0/0/W" end else return "0/0/0/N/0/0/0/W" endend

return p