Módulo:Separated entries

This module depends on the following other modules:

• Module:Arguments
• Module:TableTools

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This módulo was adapted from Module:Separated entries on Wikipedia.
Adaptation is noted for reference and attribution only. This módulo may differ from the original in function or in usage. The documentation on Wikipedia may be helpful in understanding this módulo.

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-- This module takes positional parameters as input and concatenates them with
-- an optional separator. The final separator (the "conjunction") can be
-- specified independently, enabling natural-language lists like
-- "foo, bar, baz and qux". The starting parameter can also be specified.

_pageName='{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}|'|\'}}'


local compressSparseArray = require('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArray
local p = {}

function p._main(args)
    local separator = args.separator
        -- Decode (convert to Unicode) HTML escape sequences, such as " " for space.
        and mw.text.decode(args.separator) or ''
    local conjunction = args.conjunction and mw.text.decode(args.conjunction) or separator
    -- Discard values before the starting parameter.
    local start = tonumber(args.start)
    if start then
        for i = 1, start - 1 do args[i] = nil end
    end
    -- Discard named parameters.
    local values = compressSparseArray(args)
    local out = {}
    if #values > 0 and args.before then
        out[#out+1] = args.before
    end
    out[#out+1] = mw.text.listToText(values, separator, conjunction)
    if #values > 0 and args.after then
        out[#out+1] = args.after
    end
    return table.concat(out)
end

function p.main(frame)
    local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame)
    return p._main(args)
end

return p