Module:Template invocation
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Template invocation/doc
-- This module makes a template invocation from a template name and a table
-- of arguments.
local p = {}
function p.invocation(name, args, format)
-- Copy the invocation args and convert magic words.
-- We need to make a copy of the table rather than just using the original,
-- as some of the values may be erased when building the invocation.
local invArgs = {}
for k, v in pairs(args) do
invArgs[k] = v
end
-- Get the separators to use.
local seps = {
openb = '{{',
closeb = '}}',
pipe = '|',
equals = '='
}
if format == 'nowiki' then
for k, v in pairs(seps) do
seps[k] = mw.text.nowiki(v)
end
end
-- Build the invocation body with numbered args first, then named.
local ret = {}
ret[#ret + 1] = seps.openb
ret[#ret + 1] = name
for k, v in ipairs(invArgs) do
if v:find('=', 1, true) then
-- Likely something like 1=foo=bar, we need to do it as a named arg
break
end
ret[#ret + 1] = seps.pipe
ret[#ret + 1] = v
invArgs[k] = nil -- Erase the key so that we don't add the value twice
end
for k, v in pairs(invArgs) do
ret[#ret + 1] = seps.pipe
ret[#ret + 1] = k
ret[#ret + 1] = seps.equals
ret[#ret + 1] = v
end
ret[#ret + 1] = seps.closeb
return table.concat(ret)
end
return p