Countries of Africa

Data about a few of the countries of Africa, retrieved and displayed in several different ways all defined by the External Data extension.

In all cases, the source of this (probably not very accurate) information is the URL https://discoursedb.org/AfricaCSV.txt.

#for_external_table

Wikitext:

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Borders
! Population
! Area {{#for_external_table:<nowiki/>
{{!}}-
{{!}} {{{name}}}
{{!}} {{{borders}}}
{{!}} {{{population}}}
 {{!}} {{{area}}}
|source=https://discoursedb.org/AfricaCSV.txt|format=csv with header|data=name=Country,borders=Borders,population=Population,area=Area
}}
|}

Output:

Name	Borders	Population	Area
Algeria	Libya,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Tunisia	32,854,002	2,381,743 km²
Angola	Democratic Republic of the Congo,Namibia,Zambia	24,383,301	1,246,700 km²
Benin	Burkina Faso,Niger,Nigeria,Togo	8,439,000	112,620 km²

#display_external_table

Uses the Country row template.

Wikitext:

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Borders
! Population
! Area
{{#display_external_table:template=Country row|source=https://discoursedb.org/AfricaCSV.txt|format=csv with header
|data=name=Country,borders=Borders,population=Population,area=Area
}}
|}

Output:

Name	Borders	Population	Area
Algeria	Libya,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Tunisia	32,854,002	2,381,743 km²
Angola	Democratic Republic of the Congo,Namibia,Zambia	24,383,301	1,246,700 km²
Benin	Burkina Faso,Niger,Nigeria,Togo	8,439,000	112,620 km²

#format_external_table

Requires the presence of the Cargo extension.

Wikitext:

{{#format_external_table:source=https://discoursedb.org/AfricaCSV.txt|format=csv with header
|data=Name=Country,Borders=Borders,Population=Population,Area=Area|display format=table}}

Output:

name	borders	population	area	Name	Borders	Population	Area
				Algeria	Libya,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Tunisia	32,854,002	2,381,743 km²
				Angola	Democratic Republic of the Congo,Namibia,Zambia	24,383,301	1,246,700 km²
				Benin	Burkina Faso,Niger,Nigeria,Togo	8,439,000	112,620 km²

Legacy approach: #get_web_data + #for_external_table

Wikitext:

{{#get_web_data:url=https://discoursedb.org/AfricaCSV.txt|format=csv with header
|data=name=Country,borders=Borders,population=Population,area=Area}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Borders
! Population
! Area {{#for_external_table:<nowiki/>
{{!}}-
{{!}} {{{name}}}
{{!}} {{{borders}}}
{{!}} {{{population}}}
 {{!}} {{{area}}}}}
|}

Output:

Name	Borders	Population	Area
Algeria	Libya,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Tunisia	32,854,002	2,381,743 km²
Angola	Democratic Republic of the Congo,Namibia,Zambia	24,383,301	1,246,700 km²
Benin	Burkina Faso,Niger,Nigeria,Togo	8,439,000	112,620 km²