Module:Broader Explained

---- This module produces a "For a broader coverage related to this topic" link. It implements-- the template.-- local mHatlist = require('Module:Hatnote list')local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')local mArguments -- lazily initializelocal mTableTools --lazily initialize

local p =

local s =

function p.broader(frame) mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools') local originalArgs = mArguments.getArgs(frame,) local args = mTableTools.compressSparseArray(originalArgs) -- re-add non-numeric arguments omitted by compressSparseArray for _, name in pairs do args[name] = originalArgs[name] end return p._broader(args)end

function p._broader(args) if not args[1] then return mHatnote.makeWikitextError('no page name specified', 'Template:Broader#Errors', args.category ) end local list = mHatlist.andList(args, true) local topic = args.topic or s.defaultTopic local text = string.format(s.broaderForm, topic, list) options = return mHatnote._hatnote(text, options)end

return p