Module:String2: Difference between revisions

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(Add startswith, analogous to endswith)
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local str = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
return mw.text.nowiki(str)
end
 
-- posnq (position, no quotes) returns the numerical start position of the first occurrence
-- of one piece of text ("match") inside another ("str").
-- It returns nil if no match is found, or if either parameter is blank.
-- It takes the text to be searched in as the first unnamed parameter, which is trimmed.
-- It takes the text to match as the second unnamed parameter, which is trimmed and
-- any double quotes " are stripped out.
p.posnq = function(frame)
local args = frame.args
local pargs = frame:getParent().args
for k, v in pairs(pargs) do
args[k] = v
end
local str = mw.text.trim(args[1] or args.source or "")
local match = mw.text.trim(args[2] or args.target or ""):gsub('"', '')
if str == "" or match == "" then return nil end
local plain = mw.text.trim(args[3] or args.plain or "")
if plain == "false" then plain = false else plain = true end
local nomatch = mw.text.trim(args[4] or args.nomatch or "")
-- just take the start position
local pos = mw.ustring.find(str, match, 1, plain) or nomatch
return pos
end
 
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