Module:TemplateStarter: Difference between revisions

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          lines[lineCount] = ""  -- Second empty line for distance
          lineCount = lineCount + 1
-         lines[lineCount] = config.boilerplate.intro
+        -- Clean up empty placeholders in boilerplate since no values are provided at this stage
+         lines[lineCount] = p.removeEmptyPlaceholders(config.boilerplate.intro)
      end
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          end
      end
+    return result
+end
+-- Remove empty placeholders from text (for cases where no values are provided)
+function p.removeEmptyPlaceholders(text)
+    if not text then
+        return text
+    end
+    -- Remove any remaining $VARIABLE$ placeholders that weren't filled
+    local result = text:gsub("%$[A-Z_]+%$", "")
+    -- Clean up any resulting double spaces or awkward punctuation
+    result = result:gsub("%s+", " ")  -- Multiple spaces to single space
+    result = result:gsub("^%s+", "")  -- Leading whitespace
+    result = result:gsub("%s+$", "")  -- Trailing whitespace
+    result = result:gsub("%s+%.", ".")  -- Space before period
+    result = result:gsub("is a%s+based", "is based")  -- Fix "is a  based" to "is based"
+    result = result:gsub("is a%s+in", "is in")  -- Fix "is a  in" to "is in"
      return result