Modul:Check for unknown parameters
This module may be appended to a template to check for uses of unknown parameters.
Usage
Basic usage
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category]] |arg1|arg2|arg3|argN}}
or to sort the entries in the tracking category by parameter with a preview error message
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]] |preview=unknown parameter "_VALUE_" |arg1|arg2|...|argN}}
or for an explicit red error message
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=<span class="error">Sorry, I don't recognize _VALUE_</span> |arg1|arg2|...|argN}}
Here, arg1
, arg2
, ..., argN
, are the known parameters. Unnamed (positional) parameters can be added too: |1|2|argname1|argname2|...
. Any parameter which is used, but not on this list, will cause the module to return whatever is passed with the unknown
parameter. The _VALUE_
keyword, if used, will be changed to the name of the parameter. This is useful for either sorting the entries in a tracking category, or for provide more explicit information.
By default, the module makes no distinction between a defined-but-blank parameter and a non-blank parameter. That is, both unlisted |foo=x
and |foo=
are reported. To only track non-blank parameters use |ignoreblank=1
.
By default, the module ignores blank positional parameters. That is, an unlisted |2=
is ignored. To include blank positional parameters in the tracking use |showblankpositional=1
.
Lua patterns
This module supports Lua patterns (similar to regular expressions), which are useful when there are many known parameters which use a systematic pattern. For example, template:infobox3cols uses
| regexp1 = header[%d][%d]* | regexp2 = label[%d][%d]* | regexp3 = data[%d][%d]*[abc]? | regexp4 = class[%d][%d]*[abc]? | regexp5 = rowclass[%d][%d]* | regexp6 = rowstyle[%d][%d]* | regexp7 = rowcellstyle[%d][%d]*
to match all parameters of the form headerNUM
, labelNUM
, dataNUM
, dataNUMa
, dataNUMb
, dataNUMc
, ..., rowcellstyleNUM
, where NUM is a string of digits.
Example
{{Infobox | above = {{{name|}}} | label1 = Height | data1 = {{{height|}}} | label2 = Weight | data2 = {{{weight|}}} | label3 = Website | data3 = {{{website|}}} }}<!-- end infobox, start tracking -->{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check | unknown = {{main other|[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]]}} | preview = unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | name | height | weight | website }}
See also
- Kategori:Unknown parameters (0) (category page can have header {{Unknown parameters category}})
- Module:Check for deprecated parameters – similar module that checks for deprecated parameters
- Module:TemplatePar – similar function (originally from dewiki)
- Template:Parameters and Module:Parameters – generates a list of parameter names for a given template
- Project:TemplateData based template parameter validation
- he:Module:ParamValidator – parameter validation system on hewiki, relies on TemplateData. module doc in English. checks the following:
- use of undeclared parameters
- use of parameters marked in templatedata "deprecated"
- mistyped (mainly, parameters declared in templatedata as "number" receiving non-numerical value)
- missing parameters marked in TemplateData as "required"
- understands aliases, and warns when more than one alias of a parameter is used
- cs:Module:CheckParameters – another parameter check system on cswiki that relies on TemplateData
- he:Module:ParamValidator – parameter validation system on hewiki, relies on TemplateData. module doc in English. checks the following:
- s:cs:Module:MonitorTemplateArguments – a template parameter monitoring system based on tracking categories
-- This module may be used to compare the arguments passed to the parent
-- with a list of arguments, returning a specified result if an argument is
-- not on the list
local p = {}
local function isnotempty(s)
return s and s:match( '^%s*(.-)%s*$' ) ~= ''
end
function p.check (frame)
local args = frame.args
local pargs = frame:getParent().args
local ignoreblank = isnotempty(frame.args['ignoreblank'])
local checkpos = isnotempty(frame.args['checkpositional'])
local knownargs = {}
local unknown = 'Found _VALUE_, '
local res = {}
local regexps = {}
local comments = {}
local commentstr = ''
-- create the list of known args, regular expressions, and the return string
for k, v in pairs(args) do
if type(k) == 'number' then
v = mw.ustring.gsub(v, '^%s*(.-)%s*$', '%1')
knownargs[v] = 1
else
if (k == 'unknown' and type(v) == 'string') then
unknown = v
elseif (k:match('^regexp[%d]*$') and type(v) == 'string') then
table.insert(regexps, '^' .. v .. '$')
end
end
end
-- loop over the parent args, and make sure they are on the list
for k,v in pairs(pargs) do
if (type(k) == 'string' and knownargs[k] == nil) then
local knownflag = nil
for r = 1,#regexps do
if( k:match(regexp[r-1]) ) then
knownflag = 1
end
end
if( (not knownflag) and (not ignoreblank) or (ignoreblank and isnotempty(v)) ) then
k = mw.ustring.gsub(k, '[^%w\-_ ]', '?')
local r = mw.ustring.gsub(unknown, '_VALUE_', k)
table.insert(res, r)
table.insert(comments, '"' .. k .. '"')
end
elseif(checkpos and type(k) == 'number' and knownargs[tostring(k)] == nil) then
if( (not ignoreblank) or (ignoreblank and isnotempty(v)) ) then
local r = mw.ustring.gsub(unknown, '_VALUE_', k)
table.insert(res, r)
table.insert(comments, '"' .. k .. '"')
end
end
end
if(#comments > 0) then
commentstr = '<!-- Module:Check for unknown parameters results: ' ..
table.concat(comments, ', ') .. '-->'
end
return table.concat(res) .. commentstr
end
return p