Module:For nowiki

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This module is rated as ready for general use. It has reached a mature form and is thought to be relatively bug-free and ready for use wherever appropriate. It is ready to mention on help pages and other Wikipedia resources as an option for new users to learn. To reduce server load and bad output, it should be improved by sandbox testing rather than repeated trial-and-error editing.

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This module implements a foreach loop that can be used from wikitext. It exports two functions:

main - Implements {{For nowiki}}, which can be used with explicitly provided parameters. Should not be called directly.
template - Designed to be used from within other templates. It takes explicit configuration parameters but it uses parameters passed to the parent frame (the template) for all others. Should be called directly.

Usage

{{#invoke:For nowiki|template|separator|<nowiki>wikitext</nowiki>|offset=offset}}

separator and wikitext function the same as described in Template:For nowiki/doc#Usage.
offset is the offset of the first argument to process. Defaults to 0, which means the |1= parameter passed to the template is the first parameter processed.

Example

If you have a template _TEMPLATE_:

{{#invoke:For nowiki|template|
|<nowiki>* {{{i}}} is {{{1}}}. Next is {{#expr:{{{i}}} + 1}}.</nowiki>}}

Then calling:

{{_TEMPLATE_|A|B|Foo|Orange}}

Would produce: Script error: The function "template" does not exist.

local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
	local args = frame:getParent().args
	local sep = args[1]
	local code = mw.text.unstripNoWiki(args.code or args[2])
	local offset = args.code and 1 or 2
	
	local result = ""
	local argstosub = {}
	local iterator
	for key, value in pairs(args) do
		if not tonumber(key) and key ~= "i" and key ~= "cnt" then
			argstosub[key] = value
		end
	end
	local cntArg = args.cnt and tonumber(args.cnt);
	if cntArg then
		offset = 0
		args = {}
		for i = 1, cntArg do
		   args[i] = i
		end
	end
	for i, value in ipairs(args) do
		if i > offset + 1 then
			result = result .. sep
		end
		if i > offset then
			argstosub["i"] = i - offset
			argstosub["1"] = value
			local actualCode = code:gsub("{{{([^{}|]*)|?[^{}]*}}}", argstosub)
			result = result .. frame:preprocess(actualCode)
		end
	end
	
	return result
end

return p

Usage

Example

See also