Description

If you have a string with commas and you want to link for each value separately with added family. Will work with single value or list. Will work with comma or comma-space separation.

If there is a link already in place, then it return the original text without linking or categorizing.

Usage

{{Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list|TEXT}}

Examples

{{Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list|alpha,beta,gamma}}
- Result: alpha family, beta family, gamma family
{{Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list|alpha, beta, gamma}}
- Result: alpha family, beta family, gamma family
{{Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list|alpha}}
- Result: alpha family
{{Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list|alpha, [[beta]], gamma}}
- Result: alpha, beta, gamma

Notes

Requirements

Extension:Loops
Extension:Variables
Extension:ParserFunctions
Extension:RegexFunction
Template:detect-link

Pseudo code

if link is already there
  return original text
else
  set first value
  while (if current value is not empty)
    print linked value
    if not last value
      print comma 
    set to next value and loop back
    done

Template:Link-to-family-comma-seperated-list

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