local list = {}

function list.CreateList(template)
	
function list.split(str, delimiter)
    local result = {};
    for slice in string.gmatch(str..delimiter,"(.-)"..delimiter) do
        table.insert(result, slice);
    end
    return result
end

function list.wiki_link(name)
	if name == ""  then
		return ""
	else
		return "[["..name.."]]";
	end
end

-- list order/mark type in mediawiki code [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Lists]
local list_order = {
["numbered"] = "#",
["bulleted"] = "*",
["definition"] = ";",
["none"] = ""
}

--  empty lua values before template input parameters
div_wrapper_open = ""
div_wrapper_close = ""
div_wrapper_id = ""
-- loot list values
amount =""
item_name = ""
rarity = ""
-- general values
build_list = ""
list_item = ""

if template.args["id"] ~= nil and template.args["id"]:len() > 0 then
	div_wrapper_id = " id=\""..template.args["id"].."\""
else
	div_wrapper_id = ""
end

-- wether to wrap the list a div with a class or not
if template.args["class"]~= nil and template.args["class"]:len() > 0 then
	div_wrapper_open = "<div class=\""..template.args["class"].."\""..div_wrapper_id..">"
	div_wrapper_close = "\n</div>"
else
	div_wrapper_open = ""
	div_wrapper_close = ""
end

-- list_order value , defaults to list_order["bulleted"] (* / <ul>)
order = list_order[template.args["order"]] or list_order.bulleted

-- what character seperates the list items in the result :
-- 'none' will produce a text list of items seperated by the 'list_separator' value
-- else each value will be seperated by a new line (\n) 
if template.args["order"] == "none" then
	list_separator = template.args["list_separator"]
else
	list_separator = "\n"
end

-- currently for list type loot you can set the character that will seperate the loot arguments (amount,object,rarity) by template.args["splitby"]:
-- defaults to comma (,)
if template.args["list_type"] == "loot" then
splitby = template.args["splitby"] or ","

-- list creation portion, definition by type
-- current list type options :
-- loot = splits each unnamed template arg {up to 3 values in each parameter seperated by "splitby"}
-- link = wraps each unnamed template arg in [[ ]]
-- no type / default = a list of strings with a selected 'list_separator' and 'order', defaults to "\n" and "*" respectively

-- {{loot list}}
for key,value in ipairs(template.args) do
	if value ~= "" then
		value = value:gsub("\n","")
-- temporary condition to comply with current {{Loot Table|{{Loot Item 
		value = value:gsub("{{Loot Item|","")
		value = value:gsub("}}","")
		value = value:gsub("|",splitby)
-- temporary condition
		local loot_item = list.split(value, splitby)
		if #loot_item >= 3 then
			amount = loot_item[1].."x "
			item_name = list.wiki_link(loot_item[2])
			rarity = " ("..loot_item[3]..")"
		elseif #loot_item == 2 then
			amount = ""
			item_name = list.wiki_link(loot_item[1])
			rarity = " ("..loot_item[2]..")"
		elseif #loot_item == 1 then
			amount = ""
			item_name = list.wiki_link(loot_item[1])
			rarity = ""
		end 
		list_item = order..amount..item_name..rarity
		build_list = build_list..list_separator..list_item
	end
end
--html list of links (similar to {{DroppedBy}})
elseif template.args["list_type"] == "link" then
for key,value in ipairs(template.args) do
	if value ~= "" then
		value = value:gsub("\n","")
		list_item = order..list.wiki_link(value)
		build_list = build_list..list_separator..list_item
	end
end
--html List of strings, or textual list of strings with seperators
else
for key,value in ipairs(template.args) do
	if value ~= "" then
		value = value:gsub("\n","")
		list_item = order..value
		build_list = build_list..list_separator..list_item
	end
end
end

result = div_wrapper_open..build_list..div_wrapper_close
return result
end

return list