Module:Sandbox/Smsingh34 Explained

--smsingh Google Code-in, Introduction to Lua in Wikipedia--smsingh Google Code-in, Working With Modules

local p = -- p stands for package

function p.hello(frame) return "Hello, world!"end

p.Hi = function(frame) strName = frame.args.name or "Jimbo" return "Hello from Lua to my friend " .. strName .. ".
"end

-- smsingh Task 3, Calculations and Testsp.temperature = function(frame) cel = frame.args.celsius cel = tonumber(cel) or 0 fah = (cel*9/5) + 32 msg = cel .. " degrees in Celsius is " .. fah .. " degrees in Fahrenheit." if cel > 9 then msg = msg .. " It is warm." else msg = msg .. " It is cold." end return msgend

-- smsingh Task 4, Loops and Tablesp.times = function(frame) local num = tonumber(frame.args.num) or 2 local out = num .. " times table
" for i = 1, 12 do out = out .. num .. " times " .. i .. " equals " .. i * num .. "
" end return outend

p.mum = function(frame) local family = local msg = "" for n = 1, #family do msg = msg .. "Hello " .. family[n] .. "
" end return msgend

-- smsingh Task 5, Lua Librariesp.sentence = function(frame) local str = frame.args.words or "" local firstletter = string.sub(str, 1, 1) firstletter = string.upper(firstletter) restofword = string.sub(str, 2) local out = firstletter .. restofword return outend

p.unpackdate = function(frame) local dmydate = frame.args.dmydate or "" local day, month, year = string.match(dmydate, "(%d+) (%w+) (%d+)") return "Year = " .. year .. "
Day = " .. day .. "
Month = " .. monthend

-- smsingh Task 6, MediaWiki Librariesp.langnames = function(frame) local langlist = mw.language.fetchLanguageNames local langs = "" local count = 0 for k, v in pairs(langlist) do langs = langs .. k .. " - " .. v .. "
" count = count + 1 end return langs .. "
= " .. count .. " languages"end

p.fallbacks = function(frame) local langcode = frame.args.langcode local fallbacks = mw.language.getFallbacksFor(langcode) local out = "" for i = 1, #fallbacks do out = out .. fallbacks[i] .. "
" end return outend

p.pagename = function(frame) local ttl = frame.args.title local ttlobj = mw.title.new(ttl) local txt = ttlobj.text return txtend

p.pageinfo = function(frame) local ttl = frame.args.title if ttl

nil or #ttl < 1 then return "Please input a title." end local titleobject = mw.title.new(ttl) if titleobject

nil then return "Please input a title." end local message = "" message = message .. ttl if titleobject.exists then message = message .. " exists " else message = message .. " does not exist " end if titleobject.isRedirect then message = message .. "and is a redirect." else message = message .. "and is not a redirect." end return messageendreturn p