Module:ProcessArgs

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:ProcessArgs/doc

local p = {}
function p.norm( origArgs )
	if type( origArgs ) ~= 'table' then
		origArgs = mw.getCurrentFrame():getParent().args
	end
	local args = {}
	
	for k, v in pairs( origArgs ) do
		v = mw.text.trim( tostring( v ) )
		if v ~= '' then
			args[k] = v
		end
	end
	
	return args
end

function p.merge( origArgs, parentArgs, norm )
	if type( origArgs ) ~= 'table' then
		norm = origArgs
		local f = mw.getCurrentFrame()
		origArgs = f.args
		parentArgs = f:getParent().args
	end
	local args = {}
	
	for k, v in pairs( origArgs ) do
		v = mw.text.trim( tostring( v ) )
		if not norm or norm and v ~= '' then
			args[k] = v
		end
	end
	
	for k, v in pairs( parentArgs ) do
		v = mw.text.trim( v )
		if not norm or norm and v ~= '' then
			args[k] = v
		end
	end
	
	return args
end

function p.replaceAll( frame )	
	local args = frame 
	local curFrame = mw.getCurrentFrame()

	if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
		args = require( 'Module:ProcessArgs').norm()
	end
	
	local x = 3
	local t = args[2]
	
	while args[x] do
		t = string.gsub(t, args[x], "")
		x = x + 1
	end
	
	curFrame:callParserFunction{name='#vardefine:'..args[1], args = {t} }
	return
end

return p