Module:Separated entries/sandbox
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Revision as of 11:52, 15 May 2015 by blackwiki>Mr. Stradivarius (use different functions for variations on the "separated entries" theme)
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Separated entries/sandbox/doc
-- This module takes positional parameters as input and concatenates them with
-- an optional separator. The final separator (the "conjunction") can be
-- specified independently, enabling natural-language lists like
-- "foo, bar, baz and qux".
local compressSparseArray = require('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArray
local p = {}
function p._main(args, separator, conjuction)
separator = args.separator or separator or ''
conjunction = args.conjunction or conjunction or separator
local values = compressSparseArray(args)
return mw.text.listToText(values, separator, conjunction)
end
local function makeInvokeFunction(separator, conjunction)
return function (frame)
local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, {
parentOnly = true
})
return p._main(args, separator, conjunction)
end
end
p.main = makeInvokeFunction()
p.br = makeInvokeFunction('<br />')
p.comma = makeInvokeFunction(mw.message.new('comma-separator'):plain())
return p