A reliable script to convert Tiki-Wiki tables to MediaWiki format?

Question

I know I can copy the rendered Tiki-Wiki page into LibreOffice and then export it into MediaWiki format, but what about hundreds of pages? Is there a reliable script?

I need to convert only tables.

Answer 1

You need to convert this:

||row1-column1|row1-column2||row2-column1|row2-column2||

Into this:

{|
| row1-column1||row1-column2
|-
| row2-column1||row2-column2
|}

So your script has to do 5 string substitutions:

1. Replace the first || by {|\n
2. Replace the last || by \n|}
3. Replace every other || by @@SEPARATOR_ROW@@
4. Replace every | by ||
5. Replace every @@SEPARATOR_ROW@@ by \n|-\n

Another way could be to convert your tiki table in HTML format, as MediaWiki also supports HTML format.

References for the wiki syntax:

• http://doc.tiki.org/Wiki-Syntax+Tables?structure=HomePage+UserGuide
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables