Module:ProcessingFunctions

This module contains several helper functions for Module:InfoboxBuilder and Module:DatatableBuilder templates.

Functions

stringToArray

ProcessingFunctions.stringToArray(delimiter)

Pass in the delimiter to be used when splitting the string into tokens. When called, this will return a function that uses the first parameter as the input string to split.

stringToBoolOrNil

ProcessingFunctions.stringToBoolOrNil

When called, this function will turn a string into a bool if the string is equivalent to a true value or false value (see Module:Yesno for such values). If the string is neither true nor false, then returns nil.

stringToNumber

ProcessingFunctions.stringToNumber

When called, this function will turn a string into a number or nil.

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local Functions = {} 

function Functions.stringToArray(delimiter)
	return function(str)
		if str == nil then return nil end
		
		local array = mw.text.split(str, delimiter)
		for i=1, #array do
			array[i] = mw.text.trim(array[i])
		end
		
		return array
	end
end

function Functions.convertStringToArray(delimiter)
	return Functions.stringToArray(delimiter)
end

function Functions.stringToBoolOrNil(str)
	local Yesno = require('Module:Yesno')

	return Yesno(val, nil)
end

return Functions