Module:ArgRest and Module:ArgRest/sandbox: Difference between pages

-- Helper for replaceTripleBraces: reads through "default" to find aliases and the actual default

local function recurseOverBraces(str2, i)

local alias, _, default = str2:match("([^{}<>|]+)(|?)(.*)")

if _ == "" then default = nil end

if default and default:match("{{%b{}}}") then

return frame:getParent().args[alias:gsub("%d+", tostring(i))] or recurseOverBraces(default:match("{{(%b{})}}"):sub(1, -2), i)

else

return frame:getParent().args[alias:gsub("%d+", tostring(i))] or default or "{{{" .. alias .. "}}}"

end

end

local function replaceTripleBraces(str, i) -- extract corresponding arguments from the parent function.

---- Since %b{} doesn't allow fine control, we must do a second search within the matched string

local parameter, _, default = str:match("([^{}<>|]+)(|?)(.*)")

if _ == "" then default = nil elseif default:match("{{%b{}}}") then

default = recurseOverBraces(default:match("{{(%b{})}}"):sub(1, -2), i)

end

end

-- Check if the parameter is defined. TODO: make this check for aliases

-- local processed = wikitext:gsub("{{{([^{}<>|]+)(|?([^{}<>|]*))}}}", function(a, b, c) return replaceTripleBraces(a, b, c, i) end)

local processed = wikitext:gsub("%{%{(%b{})%}%}", function(a) return replaceTripleBraces(a:sub(1, -2), i) end) --matches everything in triple braces