User:Faltout/SandBox/Parameters to variables

Usage

This template converts its parameters to variables. This is useful only when you don't provide the parameters manually but instead they are generated from a DPL call.

{{Parameters to variables
 | prefix = x
 ... <!-- parameters with a x prefix -->
}}

• prefix indicates that only the parameters starting with this prefix should be converted. The prefix should not be a prefix of the word "prefix". Default prefix is "x".

Output: The output of this template is

1. A variable {{#var: num<prefix>}} containing the number of variables converted. This is useful for performing loops on the variables.
2. A set of variables {{#var: <prefix><number>}} where <prefix> is the prefix given to the template and <number> is an ascending number starting from 1 and ending at {{#var: num<prefix>}}. This allows you to use a loop and access all the variables. The value of the variables is the value of the parameters given.

Example

{{#dpl:
 | category = Patron factions
 | include = -
 | listseparators = {{Parameters to variables {{!}}prefix = x,{{!}}x%NR%=%PAGE%,,}}
}}

The above will result in a bunch of variables containing the names of the patron factions. With a simple loop, we could list them.

{{#loop: num
 | 1
 | {{#var: numx}}
 |<nowiki/>
# {{#var: x{{#var: num}} }}
}}

1. House Deneith
2. Agents of Argonnessen
3. House Jorasco
4. House Kundarak
5. House Phiarlan
6. Purple Dragon Knights
7. The Coin Lords
8. The Free Agents
9. The Silver Flame
10. The Twelve
11. The Yugoloth
12. Keepers of the Feather
13. Sharn City Council
14. House Cannith
15. The Gatekeepers
16. The Harpers
17. Morgrave University
18. The Summer Court