Template:Political party/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Political party (diff). |
 | This template uses Lua: |
Template:Political party produces the short name or color of the provided political party.
Usage[edit]
{{Political party|<party name>|<value requested>}}
Parameters[edit]
| Parameter | Description |
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| 1 | The political party's name. If a party is not found, place a request at the talk page. |
| 2 | The value requested. Currently supported values are abbrev, color, and shortname .
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| error | Optional, this parameter will return the provided |error= value if the module does not contain the requested party or color.
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Examples[edit]
Here are some examples using the Labour Party (note that there are multiple potential input names):
["Labour and Co-operative"] = "Labour Party (UK)",
["Labour Co-operative"] = "Labour Party (UK)",
...
["Labour Party (Thailand)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#FF0000", shortname = "",},
["Labour Party (UK)"] = {abbrev = "Lab", color = "#E4003B", shortname = "Labour",},
{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|abbrev}}→ Lab{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|shortname}}→ Labour{{Political party|Labour and Co-operative|shortname}}→ Labour Co-op{{Political party|Labour Co-operative|shortname}}→ Labour Co-op{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|color}}→ #E4003B
If the party is not present in the module, or the shortname or abbreviation are not in the module, the input party name will be returned.
{{Political party|Not-a-party|abbrev}}→ Not-a-party{{Political party|Not-a-party|shortname}}→ Not-a-party{{Political party|Not-a-party|color}}→ #F8F9FA{{Political party|A test no values|shortname}}→ A test no values
Lua script error messages[edit]
If either of the required parameters are not supplied, or the color does not exist in the module, an error will be returned.
{{Political party}}→ parameter 1 should be a party name.{{Political party|A test no values}}→ parameter 2 should be the output type.{{Political party|A test no values|color}}→ Value not in template. Please request that it be added.
To avoid generating a script error, use |error=value. Note that this error value will also be passed if the party is not stored in the module.
{{Political party|A test no values|color|error=ERROR}}→ ERROR{{Political party|Not-a-party|color|error=ERROR}}→ ERROR