Module:NamespaceTable

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local p = {}

-- Extract Shortdesc from page content
local function getShortdesc(title)
    local t = mw.title.new(title)
    if not t or not t.exists then
        return ""
    end

    local content = t:getContent()
    if not content then
        return ""
    end

    -- Match {{Shortdesc|...}}
    local desc = content:match("{{%s*[Ss]hortdesc%s*|([^}]+)}}")

    if desc then
        return mw.text.trim(desc)
    end

    return ""
end

function p.table(frame)
    local pages = frame.args.pages or ""
    local list = mw.text.split(pages, "\n")

    local out = '{| class="wikitable"\n! Page !! Description\n'

    for _, title in ipairs(list) do
        title = mw.text.trim(title)

        if title ~= "" then
            local depth = select(2, title:gsub("/", ""))
            local indent = string.rep("— ", depth)

            local desc = getShortdesc(title)

            out = out .. '|-\n| ' .. indent .. '[[' .. title .. ']] || ' .. desc .. '\n'
        end
    end

    out = out .. '|}'
    return out
end

return p