Module:TextUtil

-- Source for gsplit, split, and trim: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/ELUA/browse/master/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mw.text.lua local p = {}

function p.gsplit( text, pattern, plain ) local s, l = 1, text:len return function if s then local e, n = text:find( pattern, s, plain ) local ret if not e then ret = text:sub( s ) s = nil elseif n < e then -- Empty separator! ret = text:sub( s, e ) if e < l then s = e + 1 else s = nil end else ret = e > s and text:sub( s, e - 1 ) or '' s = n + 1 end return ret end end, nil, nil end

function p.split( text, pattern, plain ) local ret = {} for m in p.gsplit( text, pattern, plain ) do		ret[#ret+1] = m	end return ret end

function p.trim( s, charset ) charset = charset or '\t\r\n\f ' s = s:gsub( '^[' .. charset .. ']*(.-)[' .. charset .. ']*$', '%1' ) return s end

function p.escape(link) link = link or '' -- because of gsub not letting you have - unescaped link = string.gsub(link,'%-','%%%-') link = string.gsub(link,'%(','%%%(') link = string.gsub(link,'%)','%%%)') link = string.gsub(link,'%+','%%%+') return link end

function p.nextLetter(char) return string.char(char:byte + 1) end

function p.serializeNumber(N) local chr = tostring(N):sub(-1) local lookup = { ['1'] = 'st', ['2'] = 'nd', ['3'] = 'rd' } return N .. (lookup[chr] or 'th') end

return p