Module:Plain text: Difference between revisions

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en>Galobtter
use kill markers
en>Johnuniq
since we're optimizing this, omit unnecessary mw.ustring.gsub; will explain on talk
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function p.main(frame)
function p.main(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
local text = frame.args[1] or ''
text = mw.text.killMarkers (text)
text = mw.text.killMarkers(text)
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, '<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out tags  
:gsub('<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out tags
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, '%[%[File:.-%]%]', '') --strip out files
:gsub('%[%[%s*File%s*:.-%]%]', '') --strip out files
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, '%[%[.-|', '') --strip out piped link text
:gsub('%[%[.-|', '') --strip out piped link text
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, '%[', '') --then strip out remaining [ and ]
:gsub('[%[%]]', '') --then strip out remaining [ and ]
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, '%]', '')
:gsub("'''''", "") --strip out bold italic markup
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, "'''''", "") --strip out italic and bold markup
:gsub("'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes
text = mw.ustring.gsub (text, "'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes
return text
return text
end
end


return p
return p

Revision as of 09:44, 18 April 2018

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Plain text/doc

--converts text with wikilinks to plain text, e.g "[[foo|gah]] is [[bar]]" to "gah is bar"
--removes anything enclosed in tags that isn't nested, mediawiki strip markers (references etc), files, italic and bold markup
local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
	local text = frame.args[1] or ''
	text = mw.text.killMarkers(text)
		:gsub('<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out tags
		:gsub('%[%[%s*File%s*:.-%]%]', '') --strip out files
		:gsub('%[%[.-|', '') --strip out piped link text
		:gsub('[%[%]]', '') --then strip out remaining [ and ]
		:gsub("'''''", "") --strip out bold italic markup
		:gsub("'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes
	return text
end

return p