Module:ArgRest explained

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function p.main(frame) -- Undo sanitization: local code = frame.args[1] or if code:match'nowiki' then code = mw.text.unstripNoWiki(code) else error(" missing from first parameter") end -- Angle brackets still remain santiized; unsanitize them local wikitext = code:gsub('&lt;', '<'):gsub('&gt;', '>') local secondParam = frame.args[2] local start = tonumber(secondParam:match('%d+')) -- Extract the first number from the second parameter local result = '' assert(secondParam, "second parameter missing") local function replaceTripleBraces(parameter, _, default, i) -- extract corresponding arguments from the parent function. the _ is necessary because the pipe still gets caught in the second capture group if _ == "" then default = nil end -- mildly ugly hack for checking for {{{parameter|}}} return frame:getParent.args[parameter:gsub("%d+", tostring(i))] or default or "{{{" .. parameter .. "}}}" end for i = start, math.huge do -- Check if the parameter is defined if not frame:getParent.args[secondParam:gsub('%d+', tostring(i))] then break end local processed = wikitext:gsub("{{{([^{}<>|]+)(|?)([^{}|]*)}}}", function(a, b, c) return replaceTripleBraces(a, b, c, i) end) -- Find stuff of the form {{{parameter}}} or {{{parameter|default}}} via pattern matching result = result .. processed end return frame:preprocess(result) end return p