Module:Autolink
Revision as of 11:36, 17 February 2015 by Dinoguy1000 (talk | contribs) (trim links before returning it)
Module documentation--
-- implements {{Autolink}}
--
local p = {}
function p.link( frame )
local args = frame:getParent().args
-- for testing from console
-- local args = frame
-- zero-width non-joiner, used for {{nolink}} support
local zwnj = '‌'
local links, nolink, el, link, text
-- set default to stop errors
args[1] = args[1] or ''
if args[2] then
-- {{autolink|link|text}}
args[1] = args[1] .. '|' .. args[2]
links = { args[1] }
else
links = mw.text.split( args[1], '*' )
end
for i=1, #links do
nolink = false
el = mw.text.trim( links[i] )
-- catch empty string at the start of lists
if el ~= '' then
if mw.ustring.find( el, zwnj ) then
nolink = true
end
el = mw.ustring.gsub( el, '%[%[', '' )
el = mw.ustring.gsub( el, '%]%]', '' )
if mw.ustring.find( el, '|' ) ~= nil then
el = mw.text.split( el, '|' )
link = el[1]
text = el[2]
else
link = el
text = el
end
link = mw.ustring.gsub( link, '""', '' )
link = mw.ustring.gsub( link, "'''", '' )
link = mw.ustring.gsub( link, "''", '' )
text = mw.ustring.gsub( text, '""', '"' )
if nolink then
links[i] = text
else
links[i] = table.concat( {'[[:', link, '|', text, ']]'}, '' )
end
end
end
links = table.concat( links, '\n*' )
links = mw.ustring.gsub( links, zwnj, '' )
links = mw.text.trim( links )
return links
end
return p
