User:Waldyrious/formatcitations.js: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:48, 26 October 2011

Revision as of 15:53, 26 October 2011

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var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1;

// Fill an array with one entry per each recognized citation template

var originalTemplates = txt.value.match(/\{\{[Cc]it(ation|e [a-z]+) *\n? *\|[^}]+\}\}/g);

tweakedTemplates = originalTemplates.slice();

// Duplicate the array, for editing. We need to keep the original strings for the replacement step

var tweakedTemplates = originalTemplates.slice();

for(i in originalTemplates) {

if(vertical) {

var originalParams = originalTemplates[i].match(/ *\n? *\| *\n? *[a-z1-9]+ *= */g);

var tweakedParams = [];

// Clean up the parameters and calculate the length of the longest one

var maxWidth = 0;

for(j in originalParams){

tweakedParams[j] = originalParams[j].match(/[a-z1-9]+/)[0] // remove the delimiters and keep only the parameter string

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// Normalize spaces around the pipes and equal signs

tweakedTemplates[i] = tweakedTemplates[i].replace(/ *\| *([a-z1-9]+) *= */g," |$1 = ")

// Remove potencial extra spaces before template ends

tweakedTemplates[i] = tweakedTemplates[i].replace(/ *\}\}$/," }}")

txt.value = txt.value.replace(originalTemplates[i], tweakedTemplates[i]);