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=== gettable ===
Extracts all parameters from a data template and returns them as a Lua table. This function is only usable from other Lua modules; invoke it using <code>require('Module:CountryData').gettable(''parameters'')</code>.

The first parameter is the <code>frame</code> of the invoking module; the second is the country or other entity to get the data of. The optional third parameter is a table of parameters to pass into the data template; this may, for example, include {{para|age}} or {{para|mw}}, which are used in the values of some sports alias parameters. E.g.,
<syntaxhighlight lang="Lua">local data = require('Module:CountryData').gettable(frame,"France",{age="20",mw="men's"})</syntaxhighlight>

The function returns an empty table if a data template does not exist or does not conform to the [[WP:WPFT#Basic country data template structure|standard structure]].