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Created page with "local p = {} function p.processData(frame) local jsonString = frame.args.data local dataTable = mw.text.jsonDecode(jsonString) -- Now you can work with dataTable in Lua -- For example, iterate through the results: --local output = "" --for _, item in ipairs(dataTable.results) do -- output = output .. "City: " .. item.printouts.Population[1].fulltext .. ", Area: " .. item.printouts.Area[1].fulltext .. "\n" local vartype1 = type(jsonSt..."
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Revision as of 11:26, 28 November 2025

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local p = {}

function p.processData(frame)
    local jsonString = frame.args.data
    local dataTable = mw.text.jsonDecode(jsonString)

    -- Now you can work with dataTable in Lua
    -- For example, iterate through the results:
    --local output = ""
    --for _, item in ipairs(dataTable.results) do
    --    output = output .. "City: " .. item.printouts.Population[1].fulltext .. ", Area: " .. item.printouts.Area[1].fulltext .. "\n"

    local vartype1 = type(jsonString)
    local vartype2 = type(dataTable)

    return "jsonString is type " .. vartype1 .. "; dataTable is type " .. vartype2 .. "."
    
    
end

return p