Module:Get short description/sandbox explained
require ('strict')
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local patterns_t =
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fetch the article's raw wikitext
local function getContent(title) local success, titleObj = pcall(mw.title.new, title) -- get a title object for title if not success then return nil end -- return nil if sommat went wron return titleObj:getContent -- return wikitext elseend
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local function main(frame, title) -- do we really need
here? local title = frame.args[1] local wikitext = getContent(title) if wikitext</p>
<h2>nil then return "" end -- sommat went wrong, abandon</h2>
<p>for _, pattern in ipairs (patterns_t) do -- for each pattern in the sequence of redirect patterns local description = wikitext:match ('</p><div class="Footer">
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