Module:Hidden ping explained

local p =

local function makeError(msg, frame) -- Show error only in preview if (frame:preprocess("") ~= "") then return end msg ='Error in : ' .. msg return mw.text.tag('div',, msg)end

function p.hiddenping(frame) local origArgs = frame:getParent.args local args = local maxArg = 0 local usernames = 0 for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do if type(k)

'number' and mw.ustring.match(v,'%S') then if k > maxArg then maxArg = k end local title = mw.title.new(v) if title then args[k] = title.rootText usernames = usernames + 1 else return makeError('Input contains forbidden characters.', frame) end end end

if usernames < 1 then return makeError('Username not given.', frame) elseif usernames > (tonumber(frame.args.max) or 50) then return makeError('More than '..tostring(frame.args.max or 50)..' names specified.', frame) else local outStr = for i = 1, maxArg do if args[i] then outStr = outStr..'' end end return outStr endend

return p