Template:GetRegion

The template takes one parameter (the name of a country page) and converts it into a new string which includes the appropriate region. E.g. the country "U.S.A. (SE)" will be converted to "2A,U.S.A. (SE)" where "2A" is the regional code for "North/Central America". The regional codes are needed for sorting a list of countries according to their regions. If no category is found, the code 9Z (= other countries) is assigned.

See also the corresponding Template:ShowRegion for converting a regional code back to the name of a region.

The template has the following structure:

1. Determine the first region (category) for the country and assign it to the variable "Region".
{{#vardefine:Region|{{GetCategory|{{{1}}} }} }}

2. Determine the regional code and assign it to the variable "RegCode".
{{#vardefine:RegCode|
{{#switch: {{#var:Region}}
| Europe - Central = 1C
| Europe - East = 1E
| Europe - North = 1N
| Europe - South = 1S
| North/Central America = 2A
| South America = 2B
| Caribbean Islands = 2C
| Asia - East = 3A
| Australia/Pacific = 3B
| Asia - West = 3C
| Near East = 3D
| Africa - North = 4A
| Africa - East = 4B
| Africa - West = 4C
| Africa - South = 4D
| 9Z
}} }}

3. Return the combination of regional code and country
{{#var:RegCode}},{{{1}}}