Difference between revisions of "Template:Smart lookup"

Latest revision as of 15:39, 8 December 2025

Template documentation

Given a list and an index i, return the (i mod N)-th entry in the list.

This behavior was extracted from Template:Quick links smart lingo.

{{Smart lookup
|Quick links lingo <!-- page containing list -->
|1                 <!-- index -->
}}

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 {{#vardefine:index|{{#expr:floor(({{#var:maxindex}}+{{#var:minindex}})/2)}}}}
 }}{{#vardefine:adjusted_index|{{#expr:({{{2|1}}} mod {{#var:index}})}}}}{{#ifexpr:{{#var:adjusted_index}}=0|{{#vardefine:adjusted_index|{{#var:index}}}}}}{{{{#var:page}}|{{#var:adjusted_index}}}}
-}}</includeonly><noinclude>
+}}</includeonly><noinclude>{{Template doc|
-- page with list
+Given a list and an index ''i'', return the (''i'' mod ''N'')-th entry in the list.
-- index
+This behavior was extracted from [[Template:Quick links smart lingo]].
+<pre>
+{{Smart lookup
+|Quick links lingo <!-- page containing list -->
+|1                 <!-- index -->
+}}
+</pre>
-When index i <= # of entries in list, return value straight away. If i > #, it'll wrap around (mod #).
+{{Smart lookup|Quick links lingo|1}}
-</noinclude>
+}}</noinclude>