Module:String
Small functions for string manipulation.
local p = {}
-- Used in Template:Monster by Property:Hit_dice
function p.first_word(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
for token in string.gmatch(text, '[^%s,]+') do
return token
end
end
-- Used in Template:Monster by Property:Monster_magic_resistance
function p.fix_magic_resistance(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
if text == 'Immune' or text == 'immune' then
return '1000'
end
return text
end
-- Used in Template:Monster by Property:Monster_size
function p.fix_monster_size(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
found, _, token = string.find(text, '|([^%]]+)%]')
if found then
return token
end
return text
end
-- Used in Template:Monster by Property:Monster_intelligence
function p.fix_monster_intelligence(frame)
return p.fix_monster_size(frame)
end
-- Used in Template:Armour
function p.fix_gdr(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
new_text, _ = string.gsub(text, '%%', '')
return new_text
end
-- Used in Template:Schoollink
function p.school_to_skill(frame)
local school = frame.args[1]
if school == 'Poison' or school == 'Air' or school == 'Fire' or
school == 'Ice' or school == 'Earth' then
return school .. ' Magic'
elseif school:sub(-1) == 'y' or school:sub(-1) == 's' then
-- "Necromancy" isn't pluralised as a skill, and "Hexes" and "Charms" are
-- already pluralized as a magic school. The others are singular as a
-- school, plural as a skill.
return school
else
return school .. 's'
end
end
-- Used for getting correct sort key for categories
function p.sort_key(frame)
local name = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text
local key = name
:gsub('^[Bb]ook of ', '')
:gsub('^[Aa] ', '')
:gsub('^[Tt]he ', '')
if key == '' then
return name
else
return key
end
end
return p
