Module:TextUtil
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-- Originally from https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/Module:TextUtil
-- Source for gsplit, split, and trim: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/ELUA/browse/master/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mw.text.lua
local p = {}
local h = {}
function p.gsplit( text, pattern, plain )
if not pattern then pattern = ',' end
if not plain then
pattern = '%s*' .. pattern .. '%s*'
end
local s, l = 1, text:len()
return function ()
if s then
local e, n = text:find( pattern, s, plain )
local ret
if not e then
ret = text:sub( s )
s = nil
elseif n < e then
-- Empty separator!
ret = text:sub( s, e )
if e < l then
s = e + 1
else
s = nil
end
else
ret = e > s and text:sub( s, e - 1 ) or ''
s = n + 1
end
return ret
end
end, nil, nil
end
function p.splitNonempty(text, pattern, plain)
if text == '' then
return {}
end
return p.split(text, pattern, plain)
end
function p.splitOrNil(text, pattern, plain)
if text == '' or not text then
return nil
end
return p.split(text, pattern, plain)
end
function p.split(text, pattern, plain)
if not text then
return {}
end
local ret = {}
for m in p.gsplit(text, pattern, plain) do
ret[#ret+1] = m
end
return ret
end
function p.splitIfString(str, sep, plain)
if type(str) == 'table' then
return str
end
return p.split(str, sep, plain)
end
function p.trim( s, charset )
charset = charset or '\t\r\n\f '
s = s:gsub( '^[' .. charset .. ']*(.-)[' .. charset .. ']*$', '%1' )
return s
end
function p.escape(link)
link = link or ''
-- because of gsub not letting you have - unescaped
link = string.gsub(link,'%%','%%%%')
link = string.gsub(link,'%-','%%%-')
link = string.gsub(link,'%(','%%%(')
link = string.gsub(link,'%)','%%%)')
link = string.gsub(link,'%+','%%%+')
link = string.gsub(link,'%[','%%%[')
link = string.gsub(link,'%]','%%%]')
link = string.gsub(link,'%.','%%%.')
link = string.gsub(link,'%*','%%%*')
link = string.gsub(link,'%?','%%%?')
link = string.gsub(link,'%^','%%%^')
link = string.gsub(link,'%$','%%%$')
return link
end
function p.escapeCustom(link, tbl)
for _, row in pairs(tbl) do
link = link:gsub(row.find, row.replace)
end
return link
end
function p.nextLetter(char)
return string.char(char:byte() + 1)
end
function p.extLink(link, text)
if link == '' then link = nil end
if not link then
return
end
return ('[%s %s]'):format(link, text or 'Link')
end
function p.intLink(link, text)
if link == '' then link = nil end
if not link and not text then
return
end
return ('[[%s|%s]]'):format(link or text, text or 'Link')
end
function p.fileLink(file, target)
if file == '' then file = nil end
if not file then return nil end
file = file:gsub('File:', '')
return ('[[File:%s|link=%s]]'):format(file, target)
end
function p.link(link, text)
if not link then return p.intLink(link, text) end
if link:find('http') then
return p.extLink(link, text)
else
return p.intLink(link, text)
end
end
function p.ambiguousLink(link, text)
if not link then return p.intLink(link, text) end
if link:find('http') then
return p.extLink(link, text)
else
return ('<span class="external">%s</span>'):format(p.intLink(link, text))
end
end
function p.extLinkOrText(link, text)
if link == '' then link = nil end
if not link then return text end
return ('[%s %s]'):format(link, text or link)
end
function p.intLinkOrText(link, text)
if link == '' then link = nil end
if not link then return text end
return ('[[%s|%s]]'):format(link, text or link)
end
function p.linkOrText(link, text)
if link:find('http') then
return p.extLinkOrText(link, text)
else
return p.intLinkOrText(link, text)
end
end
function p.ucFirstOnly(str)
if not str then return end
return mw.getLanguage('en'):ucfirst(str:lower())
end
function p.ucfirst(str)
if not str then return end
return mw.getLanguage('en'):ucfirst(str)
end
function p.lcfirst(str)
if not str then return end
return mw.getLanguage('en'):lcfirst(str)
end
function p.possessive(str, literal)
if (literal or str):find('s$') then
return str .. "'"
end
return str .. "'s"
end
-- functions below this point were not in the original module from the lol wiki
-- the following 2 functions were adapted from http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringRecipes
function h.tchelper(first, rest)
return first:upper()..rest:lower()
end
function p.titleCase(str)
-- Add extra characters to the pattern if you need to. _ and ' are
-- found in the middle of identifiers and English words.
-- We must also put %w_' into [%w_'] to make it handle normal stuff
-- and extra stuff the same.
-- This also turns hex numbers into, eg. 0Xa7d4
return str:gsub("(%a)([%w_']*)", h.tchelper)
end
function p.camelCase(str)
return p.lcfirst(p.titleCase(str):gsub("[%s_-']*", ""))
end
return p