Module:Excerpt: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:45, 22 April 2018

Revision as of 17:14, 22 April 2018

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-- Returns a string value: text of the lead of a page

function p._lead(pagename)

if not pagename then return "" end

title=mw.title.new(pagename) -- Find the lead section of the named page

-- %b{} removes any leading

if not title then return "" end

-- If the page exists, protected or not, this is some other value

text=title.getContent(title) or ""

-- Note: this check does NOT record a wikilink or transclusion from the calling page to pagename

title=mw.title.new(pagename)

text=title.getContent(title)

text=mw.ustring.gsub(text,"%c%s*==.*","") -- remove first heading and everything after it

text=mw.ustring.gsub(text,"<noinclude>.-</noinclude>","") -- remove noinclude bits

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text=mw.ustring.gsub(text,"<ref.->.-</ref>","") -- remove refs

text=mw.ustring.match(text,"%C*'''.*") or text -- start at the first line with bold text, if any

return text;

end

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local args = frame.args -- from calling module

local pargs = frame:getParent().args -- from template

return frame:preprocess(p._lead(args[1] or pargs[1]));

end