Module:Separated entries/sandbox

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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