Checking for non-existant localization

[FuryoftheStars]

Ok, so I have an item that is procedurally generated. As such, I'm also procedurally generating the name for it.

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localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"item-name."..name}},

The problem here is that, apparently, not all the items I'm catching actually have an entry under [item-name] in the localization files and instead are using their [entity-name] entries. This results in game my item description showing the Unknown name string in these cases.

How can I check for {"item-name."..name} being non-existent and thus switch to trying {"entity-name."..name} instead?

[FuryoftheStars]

No one, eh? I mean, I already know neither of these work:

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localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"item-name."..name or "entity-name."..name}}
localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"item-name."..name} or {"entity-name."..name}}

And I'm assuming the localization doesn't even get evaluated until after the data stages. So, what can I do? Aside from manually inputting names into my own localization file, which means I need to know about them (mods).

[DaveMcW]

A workaround is to prefer the entity name if it exists.

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if item.localised_name then
  localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", localised_name}
elseif item.place_result then
  localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"entity-name."..item.place_result}}
else
  localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"item-name."..name}}
end

[FuryoftheStars]

Hmm, ok. I have noticed some that have item names but not entity, but those most likely don't have place results. Thanks.

[Gweneph]

Old post, but it still shows up in the google search results and there's now a solution:

if the key is a question mark ("?"), then the first valid parameter will be used. A parameter can be invalid if its name doesn't match any string template. If no parameters are valid, the last one is returned. This is useful to implement a fallback for missing locale templates.

So you can use:

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localised_name = {"", {"item-name.steam-loco-cartridge"}, ": ", {"?",{"item-name."..name}, {"entity-name."..name}}}