Module:Sandbox

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This is a sandbox module for testing of lua.
You can cteate your own sandbox like this:
Module:Sandbox/Username.

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Sandbox/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this module’s sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this module.

-- <nowiki>
--
-- POC: Return first item marked by {{Security}} or {{Branching}} from {{MediaWiki News}}
-- (wasn’t checked for localisation in the process of making it)
--
local p = {}

local escapePattern = require( 'Module:String' )._escapePattern

local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
local templatePage = 'MediaWiki News'

local securityIcon = escapePattern( frame:expandTemplate{ title = 'Security' } )
local branchingIcon = escapePattern( frame:expandTemplate{ title = 'Branching' } )

function p._getImportantNews()
	local text = frame:preprocess( '{{' .. templatePage .. '|condensed=1}}' )
	local securityPos = mw.ustring.find( text, securityIcon )
	local branchingPos = mw.ustring.find( text, branchingIcon )
	local pos = securityPos > branchingPos and branchingPos or securityPos

	local match = mw.ustring.match( text, '[%S  ]+', pos )
	return match
end

function p.getImportantNews(frame)
	return p._getImportantNews()
end

-- Documentation page needed a function named run()

function p.run()
	return 'This is a sandbox module for testing of lua.<br />You can cteate your own sandbox like this:<br /><code>Module:Sandbox/Username</code>.'
end

return p
-- </nowiki>