Module:SortItems

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local p = {}
 
local function _sortItems( nativeArgs, orderedList )
    local sortedArgs = {}
    local ord = 1

    for iOrd, bOrd in ipairs(orderedList) do
        for iNat, bNat in ipairs(nativeArgs) do
            if bOrd == bNat then
                -- add match to ordered list
                sortedArgs[ord] = bNat
                ord = ord + 1
                break
            end
        end
        if (not nativeArgs[ord] or nativeArgs[ord] =='' ) then
            break -- found all arguments
        end
    end
    return sortedArgs
end