Module:String2: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:40, 13 November 2018

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-- posnq (position, no quotes) returns the numerical start position of the first occurrence

-- of one piece of text ("match") inside another ("str").

-- It returnreturns nil if no match is found, or if either parameter is blank.

-- It takes the text to be searched as the first unnamed parameter, which is trimmed.

-- It takes the text to search for as the second unnamed parameter, which is trimmed and

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p.posnq = function(frame)

local str = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")

--if str == "" then return nil end

local match = mw.text.trim(frame.args[2] or ""):gsub('"', '')

--if str == "" or match == "" then return nil end

-- just take the start position

local pos = str:find(match, 1, true)