local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
p = {}
--testing. I have no idea why I left this in here, but I did. Fight me.
function p.test(frame)
local pgCont = mw.title.new("User:MjolnirPants/Voices"):getContent()
return pgCont
end
--The container which is actually called by the template
function p.PingRFCUsers(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
return p._PingRFCUsers(args)
end
--The actual function
function p._PingRFCUsers(args)
--dim the local variables that do not need to be
--dimmed later (to be initialized from an existing var)
local pageSource = ""
local uName = ""
--cat is the variable which will be returned
local cat = ""
--check the size of the arguments array
--if there's more than one, the second one
--should be the name of the page on which
--to find the discussion
if args[2] then
--get the title from the second argument
pageSource = mw.title.new(args[2]):getContent()
cat = "Pinging participants of [[" .. args[2] .. "#" .. args[1] .."|previous discussion]]: {{ping"
else
--If no second parameter was passed, then
--the discussion is on the current page
pageSource = mw.title.getCurrentTitle():getContent()
cat = "Pinging participants of [[#" .. args[1] .."|previous discussion]]: {{ping"
end
--find the specified discussion in the page and trim the
--contents to just that discussion
local zz = 4
local i, j = string.find(pageSource, "==" .. args[1] .. "==")
if i == nil then
i, j = string.find(pageSource, "== " .. args[1] .. " ==")
zz = 6
end
pageSource = string.sub(pageSource, i + string.len(args[1]) + zz)
--If this is the last discussion on the page, then
--there's no need to trim the end of the string off
if string.find(pageSource, "==") then
i, j = string.find(pageSource, "==")
pageSource = string.sub(pageSource, 1, i - 1)
end
--find the first username within that discussion
--and prime the loop
i, j = string.find(pageSource, "%[%[User:")
--prime these to be higher than i to avoid empty
--strings being returned in edge cases
local k, l, m, n = i + 1
--Loop through the string, finding usernames and
--trimming the string down until it can't find
--any more usernames in it.
while i ~= nil do
i, j = string.find(pageSource, "%[%[User:")
--don't run the code if it didn't find a username this loop
if j then
--trim the front of the string off and reset
--where j points to (the character before the first
--character in the username)
pageSource = string.sub(pageSource, j)
j = 1
--find the next pipe
k, l = string.find(pageSource, "|")
--find the next pair of right square brackets
m, n = string.find(pageSource, "%]%]")
--decide which one ends the username, grab the
--username and trim the string to the end of
--that name
if (m > k) then
uName = string.sub(pageSource, j + 1, k - 1)
pageSource = string.sub(pageSource, k)
else
uName = string.sub(pageSource, j + 1, m - 1)
pageSource = string.sub(pageSource, m)
end
--store the name in the return variable, along
--with a pipe, but only if that name doesn't
--already appear in the string with a pipe (so that
--usernames which are contained in existing names
--will still get added)
if not string.find(cat, uName .. "|") then
cat = cat .. "|" .. uName
end
end
end
--finalize the return variable
cat = cat .. "}} ~~~~"
--all done
return cat
end
return p
