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     no_category: If set to 'true' or 1, no category will be added if an error
 
     no_category: If set to 'true' or 1, no category will be added if an error
 
         is generated.
 
         is generated.
       
 
Unit tests for this module are available at Module:String/tests.
 
 
]]
 
]]
  
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end
 
end
  
--[[
 
This function implements that features of {{str sub old}} and is kept in order
 
to maintain these older templates.
 
]]
 
 
function str.sublength( frame )
 
function str.sublength( frame )
 
     local i = tonumber( frame.args.i ) or 0
 
     local i = tonumber( frame.args.i ) or 0
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end
 
end
  
--[[
 
match
 
 
This function returns a substring from the source string that matches a
 
specified pattern.
 
 
Usage:
 
{{#invoke:String|match|source_string|pattern_string|start_index|match_number|plain_flag|nomatch_output}}
 
OR
 
{{#invoke:String|pos|s=source_string|pattern=pattern_string|start=start_index
 
    |match=match_number|plain=plain_flag|nomatch=nomatch_output}}
 
 
Parameters
 
    s: The string to search
 
    pattern: The pattern or string to find within the string
 
    start: The index within the source string to start the search.  The first
 
        character of the string has index 1.  Defaults to 1.
 
    match: In some cases it may be possible to make multiple matches on a single
 
        string.  This specifies which match to return, where the first match is
 
        match= 1.  If a negative number is specified then a match is returned
 
        counting from the last match.  Hence match = -1 is the same as requesting
 
        the last match.  Defaults to 1.
 
    plain: A flag indicating that the pattern should be understood as plain
 
        text.  Defaults to false.
 
    nomatch: If no match is found, output the "nomatch" value rather than an error.
 
 
If invoked using named parameters, Mediawiki will automatically remove any leading or
 
trailing whitespace from each string.  In some circumstances this is desirable, in
 
other cases one may want to preserve the whitespace.
 
 
If the match_number or start_index are out of range for the string being queried, then
 
this function generates an error.  An error is also generated if no match is found.
 
If one adds the parameter ignore_errors=true, then the error will be suppressed and
 
an empty string will be returned on any failure.
 
 
For information on constructing Lua patterns, a form of [regular expression], see:
 
 
* http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1
 
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Patterns
 
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Ustring_patterns
 
 
]]
 
 
function str.match( frame )
 
function str.match( frame )
     local new_args = str._getParameters( frame.args, {'s', 'pattern', 'start', 'match', 'plain', 'nomatch'} );
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     return mw.ustring.match( frame.args.s, frame.args.pattern, tonumber( frame.args.i ) )
    local s = new_args['s'] or '';
 
    local start = tonumber( new_args['start'] ) or 1;
 
    local plain_flag = str._getBoolean( new_args['plain'] or false );
 
    local pattern = new_args['pattern'] or '';
 
    local match_index = math.floor( tonumber(new_args['match']) or 1 );
 
    local nomatch = new_args['nomatch'];
 
   
 
    if s == '' then
 
        return str._error( 'Target string is empty' );
 
    end
 
    if pattern == '' then
 
        return str._error( 'Pattern string is empty' );
 
    end
 
    if math.abs(start) < 1 or math.abs(start) > mw.ustring.len( s ) then
 
        return str._error( 'Requested start is out of range' );
 
    end
 
    if match_index == 0 then
 
        return str._error( 'Match index is out of range' );
 
    end
 
    if plain_flag then
 
        pattern = str._escapePattern( pattern );
 
    end
 
   
 
    local result
 
    if match_index == 1 then
 
        -- Find first match is simple case
 
        result = mw.ustring.match( s, pattern, start )
 
    else
 
        if start > 1 then
 
            s = mw.ustring.sub( s, start );
 
        end
 
       
 
        local iterator = mw.ustring.gmatch(s, pattern);
 
        if match_index > 0 then
 
            -- Forward search
 
            for w in iterator do
 
                match_index = match_index - 1;
 
                if match_index == 0 then
 
                    result = w;
 
                    break;
 
                end
 
            end   
 
        else
 
            -- Reverse search
 
            local result_table = {};
 
            local count = 1;
 
            for w in iterator do
 
                result_table[count] = w;
 
                count = count + 1;
 
            end
 
           
 
            result = result_table[ count + match_index ];           
 
        end
 
    end       
 
   
 
    if result == nil then
 
        if nomatch == nil then
 
            return str._error( 'Match not found' );
 
        else
 
            return nomatch;
 
        end
 
    else
 
        return result;
 
    end
 
 
end
 
end
  
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     if plain then
 
     if plain then
 
         pattern = str._escapePattern( pattern );
 
         pattern = str._escapePattern( pattern );
         replace = mw.ustring.gsub( replace, "%%", "%%%%" ); --Only need to escape replacement sequences.
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         replace = str._escapePattern( replace );
 
     end
 
     end
 
      
 
      
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     return result;
 
     return result;
end
 
 
--[[
 
    simple function to pipe string.rep to templates.
 
]]
 
 
function str.rep( frame )
 
    local repetitions = tonumber( frame.args[2] )
 
    if not repetitions then
 
        return str._error( 'function rep expects a number as second parameter, received "' .. ( frame.args[2] or '' ) .. '"' )
 
    end
 
    return string.rep( frame.args[1] or '', repetitions )
 
 
end
 
end
  

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