Template:List lookup helper

Template documentation

Given a list page, loads it exactly once and sets up enough variables it will not need to be loaded again to retrieve any entry. If this template has been invoked before with the same page_name, no-op.

• page_name - the page name provided as arg1
• length - the length of the list
• entry_i - the entry in the list at position i, where i is in [1, length-1] (0-indexed)

If using the default case (<1000 total characters), the following will be set:

• loaded_page - the text of page_name
• cleaned_page - the text of page_name before the first section header ("==")

There is also the housekeeping variable "invocations", which equals the number of times this template was resolved and should thus always be 1.

Implementation is split between List lookup helper/default case and List lookup helper/sublist case.

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{{List lookup helper|QBWiki:Quick links/lingo}}
{{#var:cleaned_page}}
{{#var:length}}, {{#var:invocations}}

{{Save|jj}}
{{#loop:jj|1|{{#var:length}}|{{#var:entry_{{#var:jj}}}}<br/>}}
{{Load|jj}}

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• Wondering why people keep saying "m"?
• Confused what a "vulcher" is?
• Want to find out about "superpowers"?
• Wondering just what makes something "important"?
• Heard something about the "canon"?

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Wondering why people keep saying "m"?
Confused what a "vulcher" is?
Want to find out about "superpowers"?
Wondering just what makes something "important"?
Heard something about the "canon"?