Module:Sandbox/Ahecht/trim date

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Revision as of 15:22, 25 April 2017 by blackwiki>Ahecht (debug)
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Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Sandbox/Ahecht/trim date/doc

local p = {}

function p.trim(frame)
	local date = frame:getParent().args[1]
	if date == nil then date = frame.args[1] end
	if date == nil then date = "123" end
	local dateout = string.gsub( date, "%lt;", "<" )
	dateout = string.gsub( dateout, "%gt;", ">" )
	dateout = string.gsub( dateout, "<.-mw%-formatted%-date.->", "" )
	dateout = string.gsub( dateout, "<.-nowiki.->", "" )
	dateout = string.gsub( dateout, "<.*>", "" )
	local datespaced = ""
	for i=1,#dateout do
		datespaced = string.byte(dateout, i) .. " "
	end
	return #dateout
end

return p