Module:For loop explained

-- This module implements .

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgslocal yesno = require('Module:Yesno')local p =

function p.main(frame) local args = getArgs(frame,) return p._main(args)end

function p._main(args) local template = args['call'] or 'void' local calltemplates = yesno(args.substall or "", true) or not mw.isSubsting local variableParam = args.pv variableParam = tonumber(variableParam) or variableParam or 1 -- fix for positional parameters local variableValPrefix = args.prefix or local variableValPostfix = args.postfix or local sep = args[1] or local constantArgs = p.getConstants(args) local variableVals = p.getVariableVals(args)

local result = local addSeparator = false; for _, v in ipairs(variableVals) do v = mw.text.trim(v) if #v > 0 or not yesno(args.skipBlanks) then if addSeparator then result = result .. sep end addSeparator = true; local targs = constantArgs targs[variableParam] = variableValPrefix .. v .. variableValPostfix if calltemplates then local output = p.callTemplate(template, targs) if #mw.text.trim(output)

0 then addSeparator = false end result = result .. output else local makeTemplate = require('Module:Template invocation').invocation result = result .. makeTemplate(template, targs) end end end return resultend

function p.getConstants(args) local constantArgNums = p.getArgNums(args, 'pc', 'n') local constantArgs = for _, num in ipairs(constantArgNums) do local keyArg = 'pc' .. tostring(num) .. 'n' local valArg = 'pc' .. tostring(num) .. 'v' local key = args[keyArg] key = tonumber(key) or key local value = args[valArg] constantArgs[key] = value end return constantArgsend

function p.getVariableVals(args) local variableVals = if args.start or args.stop or args.by then if args[2] then error("Both start/stop/by and numbered parameters specified") end local start = tonumber(args.start or 1) local stop = tonumber(args.stop or 1) local by = tonumber(args.by or 1) for i = start, stop, by do variableVals [#variableVals + 1] = i end else for i, v in ipairs(args) do if i ~= 1 then variableVals[i - 1] = v end end end return variableValsend

function p.getArgNums(args, prefix, suffix) -- Returns a table containing the numbers of the arguments that exist -- for the specified prefix and suffix. local nums = local pattern = '^' .. prefix .. '([1-9]%d*)' .. suffix .. '$' for k, _ in pairs(args) do local num = tostring(k):match(pattern) if num then nums[#nums + 1] = tonumber(num) end end table.sort(nums) return numsend

function p.callTemplate(template, targs) return mw.getCurrentFrame:expandTemplateend

return p