Bilka: Moved util methods to separate module from Module:Infobox

2024-10-25T11:58:05Z

Moved util methods to separate module from Module:Infobox

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local util = {}

-- @param arg string The argument to check
-- @param default string The fallback argument
-- @return boolean @The argument if it's non-empty, otherwise the default
function util._arg_or(arg, default)
if util._empty_arg(arg) then
return default
else
return arg
end
end

-- @param arg string The argument to check
-- @return boolean @Whether the argument is a string containing only whitespace or empty string or nil
function util._empty_arg(arg)
if type(arg) == "string" then
return not string.find(arg, "%S")
else
return not arg
end
end

-- @param inputstr string A string to be split
-- @param separator string The separator
-- @return string[] @The separated strings, without the separator
function util._split(inputstr, separator)
local result = {}

for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..separator.."]+)") do
table.insert(result, mw.text.trim(str))
end

return result
end

-- @param page_title string The title of the page
-- @return boolean
function util._page_exists(page_title)
if page_title and page_title ~= "" then
return mw.title.new(page_title).exists
else
return false
end
end

return util

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Bilka: Moved util methods to separate module from Module:Infobox