Module:Text: Difference between revisions

Text.removeDelimited = function (s, prefix, suffix)

-- Remove all text in s delimited by prefix and suffix (inclusive)

-- Arguments:

-- s = string to process

-- prefix = initial delimiter

-- suffix = ending delimiter

-- Returns: stripped string

local prefixLen = mw.ustring.len(prefix)

local suffixLen = mw.ustring.len(suffix)

local i = s:find(prefix, 1, true)

local r = s

local j

while i do

j = r:find(suffix, i + prefixLen)

if j then

r = r:sub(1, i - 1)..r:sub(j+suffixLen)

else

r = r:sub(1, i - 1)

end

i = r:find(prefix, 1, true)

end

return r

end

local r = Text.removeDelimited(adjust,"<!--","-->")