-- This module takes positional parameters as input and concatenates them with-- an optional separator. The final separator (the "conjunction") can be-- specified independently, enabling natural-language lists like-- "foo, bar, baz and qux". The starting parameter can also be specified.
local compressSparseArray = require('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArraylocal p =
function p._main(args) local dataPlural = args.dataPlural local separator = args.separator -- Decode (convert to Unicode) HTML escape sequences, such as " " for space. and mw.text.decode(args.separator) or local conjunction = args.conjunction and mw.text.decode(args.conjunction) or separator -- Discard values before the starting parameter. local start = tonumber(args.start) if start then for i = 1, start - 1 do args[i] = nil end end -- Discard named parameters. local values = compressSparseArray(args) local result = mw.text.listToText(values, separator, conjunction) if dataPlural and #values > 0 and (#separator > 0 or #conjunction > 0) then -- flag to whether this is a list with >1 element result = result..'
' end return resultendlocal function makeInvokeFunction(separator, conjunction, first) return function (frame) local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame) args.separator = separator or args.separator args.conjunction = conjunction or args.conjunction args.first = first or args.first return p._main(args) endend
p.main = makeInvokeFunctionp.br = makeInvokeFunction('
')p.comma = makeInvokeFunction(mw.message.new('comma-separator'):plain)
return p