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Overview
This module may be used to generate a sorted "plain list", which is a sorted unordered HTML list without visible bullets.
- There are six possible sort modes
asc
is ascending as defined by the default LUA string comparison operator.desc
is descending as defined by the default LUA string comparison operator.asc
with|type=number
is ascending using numeric comparison instead of string comparison.desc
with|type=number
is descending using numeric comparison instead of string comparison.ascd
is ascending dictionary order, so spaces are sorted before other characters.descd
is descending dictionary order, so spaces are sorted before other characters.
- By default, the list is assumed to be delimited by commas, this can be changed to semicolons or any other choice.
- The list may be implicitly loaded from a wikidata property using the
|propertyID=
parameter, which will override any explicitly specified values.
Usage
To convert a comma separated list to a sorted plainlist, use
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|<comma separated entries>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|<comma separated entries>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|ascd|<comma separated entries>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|descd|<comma separated entries>}}
To convert a semicolon separated list to a sorted plainlist, use
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|<semicolon separated entries>|;}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|<semicolon separated entries>|;}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|ascd|<semicolon separated entries>|;}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|descd|<semicolon separated entries>|;}}
To convert a semicolon separated list of numbers to a sorted plainlist, use
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|<semicolon separated entries>|;|type=number}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|<semicolon separated entries>|;|type=number}}
To convert a wikidata property list to a sorted plainlist, use
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|propertyID=<PNUMBER>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|propertyID=<PNUMBER>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|ascd|propertyID=<PNUMBER>}}
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|descd|propertyID=<PNUMBER>}}
Examples
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|apples, oranges, bananas}}
→
- apples
- bananas
- oranges
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|apples, oranges, bananas}}
→
- oranges
- bananas
- apples
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santana}}
→
- Santa Fe
- Santa Rosa
- Santana
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santana}}
→
- Santana
- Santa Rosa
- Santa Fe
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|ascd|Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santana}}
→
- Santa Fe
- Santa Rosa
- Santana
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|descd|Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santana}}
→
- Santana
- Santa Rosa
- Santa Fe
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|apples; oranges; bananas|;}}
→
- apples
- bananas
- oranges
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|apples; oranges; bananas|;}}
→
- oranges
- bananas
- apples
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5|;|type=number}}
→
- -5
- 0
- 200
- 3,999
- 1,500,666
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5|;|type=number}}
→
- 1,500,666
- 3,999
- 200
- 0
- -5
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5; apples; oranges; bananas|;}}
→
- -5
- 0
- 1,500,666
- 200
- 3,999
- apples
- bananas
- oranges
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5; apples; oranges; bananas|;}}
→
- oranges
- bananas
- apples
- 3,999
- 200
- 1,500,666
- 0
- -5
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|asc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5; apples; oranges; bananas|;|type=number}}
→
- -5
- 0
- 200
- 3,999
- 1,500,666
- apples
- oranges
- bananas
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|desc|1,500,666; 200; 3,999; 0; -5; apples; oranges; bananas|;|type=number}}
→
- bananas
- apples
- oranges
- 1,500,666
- 3,999
- 200
- 0
- -5
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|ascd|District 1, District 8, District 10, District 11}}
→
- District 1
- District 8
- District 10
- District 11
{{#invoke:sorted plain list|descd|District 1, District 8, District 10, District 11}}
→
- District 11
- District 10
- District 8
- District 1
See also