Difference between revisions of "Module:For"

Revision as of 23:07, 20 July 2016

local mArguments --initialize lazily
local mHatlist = require('Module:Hatnote list')
local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local p = {}

--Implements {{For}} from the frame
--uses capitalized "For" to avoid collision with Lua reserved word "for"
function p.For (frame)
	mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
	return p._For(mArguments.getArgs(frame))
end

--Implements {{For}} but takes a manual arguments table
function p._For (args)
	local use = args[1] --cases with parameter 1 unspecified should probably be flagged
	if use == 'other uses' then
		use = use .. '[[Category:Hatnote templates using unusual parameters]]'
	end
	local pages = {}
	function two (a, b, c) return a, b, 1 end --lets us run ipairs from 2
	for k, v in two(ipairs(args)) do table.insert(pages, v) end
	return mHatnote._hatnote(
		mHatlist.forSeeTableToString({{use = use, pages = pages}}),
		{selfref = args.selfref}
	)
end

return p