Module:Political party

 localp={}

 localdefault_color='#F8F9FA'

 localcategories={
 party_not_in_list='[[Category:Pages using Political party with unknown party]]',
 shortname_not_in_list='[[Category:Pages using Political party with missing shortname]]',
 color_not_in_list='[[Category:Pages using Political party with missing color]]',
 }

 localfunctioncreate_error(error_message)
 returnstring.format('<strong class="error">%s</strong>',error_message)
 end

 localfunctiongetFirstLetter(party)
 localindex=mw.ustring.sub(party,1,1)
 -- Set index for non-A-Z starts
 ifstring.match(index,'%A')then
 return'1'
 end
 returnstring.upper(index)
 end

 localfunctionstripToNil(text)
 -- If text is a string, return its trimmed content, or nil if empty.
 -- Otherwise return text (which may, for example, be nil).
 iftype(text)=='string'then
 text=text:match('(%S.-)%s*$')
 localdelink=require('Module:Delink')._delink
 text=delink({text,wikilinks="target"})
 end
 returntext
 end

 -- Example of having all the data - color and names - in one table. Requires one page to be edited instead of two when adding a new party.
 functionp._fetch(args)
 ifnotargs[1]then
 returncreate_error("parameter 1 should be a party name.")
 end

 ifnotargs[2]then
 returncreate_error("parameter 2 should be the output type.")
 end

 localparty=stripToNil(args[1])
 localout_type=stripToNil(args[2])
 ifout_type=='colour'then
 out_type='color'
 end
 localindex=getFirstLetter(party)

 -- Load data from submodule
 localdata=mw.loadData('Module:Political party/'..index)
 localdata_all=data.full

 localparty_alt=data.alternate[party]
 localparty_info
 ifparty_altthen
 ifdata_all[party_alt]then
 party_info=data_all[party_alt]
 else
 index=getFirstLetter(party_alt)
 data=mw.loadData('Module:Political party/'..index)
 party_info=data.full[party_alt]
 end
 else
 party_info=data_all[party]
 end

 -- Check if database value exists
 -- * Not even in database - return given error or input
 -- * No color - return error
 -- * No shortname/abbrev - return first non-blank of abbrev->shortname->input
 ifnotparty_infothen
 ifout_type=='color'then
 returnargs.errorordefault_color
 else
 returnargs.errororparty
 end
 end
 localreturn_value=party_info[out_type]
 ifreturn_value==""then
 ifout_type=='color'then
 returnargs.errororcreate_error("Value not in template. Please request that it be added.")
 elseifout_type=='abbrev'then
 ifparty_info.shortname~=""then
 returnparty_info.shortname
 else
 returnparty
 end
 elseifout_type=='shortname'then
 ifparty_info.abbrev~=""then
 returnparty_info.abbrev
 else
 returnparty
 end
 else
 returnparty
 end
 end

 ifout_type=='color'then
 ifstring.find(return_value,'#')then
 return_value=string.gsub(return_value,'#','&#35;')
 elseifstring.lower(return_value)=='default'then
 returndefault_color
 end
 end
 returnreturn_value
 end

 functionp.fetch(frame)
 -- Initialise and populate variables
 localgetArgs=require("Module:Arguments").getArgs
 localargs=getArgs(frame)

 returnp._fetch(args)
 end

 returnp