Template:List normalize

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Pre-process bare-text list.

• Turns consecutive inner-spaces into one. (current max:4) (All leading and trailing spaces are always ditched by used MW-process)
• Turns consecutive inner-delimiters into one. (current max:4) (Includes empty/blank list entries.)
• Strips leading/trailing delimiters. (current max:3)

General use.

{{list_normalize|<Input-list>}}

• input-list: Delimited strings(page names) list.

Optional.

• Delimiter to be used. Default is a comma. (Single character expected, but not checked or enforced.)

{{list_normalize|<Input-list>|<Delimiter>}} -- Order dependent.

• lt: Leading string to be added to all names in list.
• tt: Trailing string to be added to all names in list.

{{list_normalize|<Input-list>|lt=<Leading text>|tt=<Trailing text>}}

Additional notes.

• Can directly be used in SMW '#set' with 'sep=,' parameter.
• Side effect: Converts underscores in input to spaces in output. (After main process, not before!)
  • Not sure yet about turning underscores to spaces at the start.
• Open-issue: Real line-breaks in list. Other list-stuff trips over them.

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