Module:Lorem ipsum

For actual documentation, view the corresponding Wikipedia pages.

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local yn = require("Module:Yesno")
local p = {}

function p._main(args)
	local paragraphs = {}
	local outTbl = setmetatable({}, {__call = function (t, v) t[#t+1] = v end})
	local link = yn(args["link"]) or yn(args[4]) or false
	local join = yn(args["join"]) or false
	local joinprefixsuffix = yn(args["joinprefixsuffix"]) or false
	local cat = yn(args["cat"]) or true
	local count = tonumber(args[1]) or 1
	local i = tonumber(args["start"]) or 1
	local data = mw.loadData(args["data"] or "Module:Lorem_ipsum/data")
	local maxLen = tonumber(args["max len"])
	for k,v in ipairs(data) do
		table.insert(paragraphs, v)
	end
	
	if join and (not joinprefixsuffix) then
		outTbl(args["prefix"] or args[2] or "")
	end

	while i > 0 and i <= count do
		if (not join) or joinprefixsuffix then
			outTbl(args["prefix"] or args[2] or "\n")
		end
		mw.log(count, i, data)
		outTbl(mw.ustring.format(paragraphs[math.mod(i - 1, #paragraphs) + 1], (link and "link" or "")))
		if not join then
			outTbl((args["suffix"] or args[3] or "") .. "\n")
		else
			if joinprefixsuffix then
				outTbl(args["suffix"] or args[3] or "")
			end
			outTbl(i == count and "" or " ")
		end
		link = false
		i = i + 1
	end
	if join and (not joinprefixsuffix) then
		outTbl(args["suffix"] or args[3] or "")
	end
	if cat and mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace == 0 and not mw.isSubsting() then
		outTbl("[[Category:Wikipedia articles containing placeholders]]")
	end
	local outStr = mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(table.concat(outTbl))
	return maxLen and mw.ustring.sub(outStr, 1, maxLen) or outStr
end

function p.main(frame)
	local args = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs(frame)
	return p._main(args, false)
end

function p.oneParagraph(frame)
	local args = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs(frame)
	args["join"] = true
	args["start"] = tonumber(args[1]) or 1
	return p._main(args)
end

return p