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 ) if not pattern then pattern = '%s*,%s*' end 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.extLink(link, text) if not link then return end return ('[%s %s]'):format(link, text or 'Link') end

function p.intLink(link, text) if not link and not text then return end return ('%s'):format(link or text, text or 'Link') end

function p.link(link, text) if link:find('http') then return p.extLink(link, text) else return p.intLink(link, text) end end

function p.extLinkOrText(link, text) if not link then return text end return ('[%s %s]'):format(link, text or link) end

function p.intLinkOrText(link, text) if not link then return text end return ('%s'):format(link, text or link) end

function p.linkOrText(link, text) if link:find('http') then return p.extLinkOrText(link, text) else return p.intLinkOrText(link, text) end end

return p