Module:Redirect hatnote

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This module produces a hatnote for disambiguating a page that is linked to by a given redirect. It implements the {{redirect}} hatnote template.

Usage from wikitext

This module cannot be used directly from wikitext. Please use the {{redirect}} or {{redirect2}} templates instead.

Usage from Lua

To use this module from Lua, first load the module.

local mRedirectHatnote = require('Module:Redirect hatnote')

The module can then be used with the following syntax:

mRedirectHatnote._redirect(redirect, data, options, titleObj)

See also

• Module:Redirect-distinguish

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--[[
-- This module produces a "redirect" hatnote. It looks like this:
-- '"X" redirects here. For other uses, see Y.'
-- It implements the {{redirect}} template.
--]]

local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil')
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType

local p = {}

function p.redirect(frame)
	-- Get the args table and work out the maximum arg key.

--[[
	local origArgs = frame:getParent().args
	local args = {}
	local maxArg = 0
	for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
		if type(k) == 'number' and k > maxArg then
			maxArg = k
		end
		v = v:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$') -- Trim whitespace
		if v ~= '' then
			args[k] = v
		end
	end
--]]

	local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame)
	local maxArg = 0
	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		if type(k) == 'number' and k > maxArg then
			maxArg = k
		end
	end

	-- Return an error if no redirect was specified.
	local redirect = args[1]
	if not redirect then
		return mHatnote.makeWikitextError(
			'no redirect specified',
			'Template:Redirect#Errors',
			args.category
		)
	end

	-- Create the data table.
	local data = {}
	local iArg = 0
	local iData = 1
	while iArg < maxArg do
		iArg = iArg + 2
		local useTable = data[iData] or {}
		local use = args[iArg]
		local page = args[iArg + 1]
		useTable[#useTable + 1] = page
		data[iData] = useTable
		if use ~= 'and' then
			useTable.use = use
			iData = iData + 1
		end
		mw.logObject(useTable)
	end

	-- Create the options table.
	local options = {}
	options.selfref = args.selfref
		
	return p._redirect(redirect, data, options)
end

function p._redirect(redirect, data, options)
	checkType('_redirect', 1, redirect, 'string')
	checkType('_redirect', 2, data, 'table', true)
	checkType('_redirect', 3, options, 'table', true)

	-- Generate the text.
	local text = {}
	-- Redirect text.
	text[#text + 1] = '"' .. redirect .. '" redirects here.'
	-- The first table, a special case.
	local useTable1 = data[1] or {}
	local use1 = useTable1.use or 'other uses'
	useTable1[1] = useTable1[1] or redirect .. ' (disambiguation)'
	local pages1 = mHatnote.formatPages(unpack(useTable1))
	pages1 = mw.text.listToText(pages1)
	text[#text + 1] = string.format(
		'For %s, see %s.',
		use1,
		pages1
	)
	-- The other tables.
	if use1 ~= 'other uses' then
		for i = 2, #data do
			local useTable = data[i] or {}
			local origUse = useTable.use
			if not origUse then
				break
			end
			local use
			if tonumber(origUse) == 1 then
				use = 'other uses'
			else
				use = origUse
			end
			useTable[1] = useTable[1] or origUse .. ' (disambiguation)'
			local pages = mHatnote.formatPages(unpack(useTable))
			pages = mw.text.listToText(pages)
			text[#text + 1] = string.format(
				'For %s, see %s.',
				use,
				pages
			)
			if use == 'other uses' then
				-- "Other uses" text must come last, or it doesn't make sense
				-- grammatically.
				break
			end
		end
	end
	text = table.concat(text, ' ')
	
	-- Generate the options to pass to [[Module:Hatnote]].
	options = options or {}
	local mhOptions = {}
	mhOptions.selfref = options.selfref

	-- Find whether to add the tracking category.
	-- We add the category if:
	-- a) redirect isn't any of the keywords 'REDIRECT', 'REDIRECT1',
	-- 'REDIRECT2', ..., or 'TERM'.
	-- b) we are in the main namespace.
	-- c) the redirect title does not exist.
	local category
	if not redirect:find('^REDIRECT%d*$') and redirect ~= 'TERM' then
		local currentTitle = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
		if currentTitle.namespace == 0 then
			local success, redirectTitle = pcall(mw.title.new, redirect)
			if success and not redirectTitle.exists then
				category = '[[Category:Missing redirects]]'
			end
		end
	end
	category = category or ''

	return mHatnote._hatnote(text, mhOptions) .. category
end
 
return p