Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/sandbox2

-- This module de-links one internal wikilink. It doesn't handle bad links, or links that use the pipe trick.

p = {}

function _delink(text)
    text = mw.ustring.match(text, "%[%[.-%]%]") or ""
    if mw.ustring.match(text, "|%]%]") or mw.ustring.match(text, "%[%[|") then -- Weed out the pipe tricks first.
        error("Pipe trick not supported yet. Bad pipe trick, bad!")
    end
    -- Find the link area and display area of the wikilink
    local linkarea, display
    if mw.ustring.match(text, "|") then -- Find if we're dealing with a piped link.
        linkarea, display = mw.ustring.match(text, "^%[%[(.-)|(.+)%]%]")
    else
        -- If the link isn't piped, the display area and the link area are the same.
        linkarea = mw.ustring.match(text, "^%[%[(.-)%]%]")
        display = linkarea
    end
    -- Check for bad links
    if mw.ustring.match(linkarea, "%[") or mw.ustring.match(linkarea, "%]") then
        error("Bad link detected. Bad links are not yet supported.")
    end
    return display
end

function p.delink(frame)
    local args
    if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
        -- We're being called via #invoke. If the invoking template passed any args, use
        -- them. Otherwise, use the args that were passed into the template.
        args = frame:getParent().args
        for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
            args = frame.args
            break
        end
    else
        -- We're being called from another module or from the debug console, so assume
        -- the args are passed in directly.
        args = frame
    end
 
    return _delink(args)
end

return p