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-- Function allowing for consistent treatment of boolean-like wikitext input.
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local p = {}
-- It works similarly to the template {{yesno}}.
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function p.yesno( frame )
return function (val, default)
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-- If your wiki uses non-ascii characters for any of "yes", "no", etc., you
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    -- defaults
-- should replace "val:lower()" with "mw.ustring.lower(val)" in the
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    local retvals = {
-- following line.
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        yes  = "yes",
val = type(val) == 'string' and val:lower() or val
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        no    = "",
if val == nil then
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        ["¬"] = ""
return nil
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    }
elseif val == true
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or val == 'yes'
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    -- Allow arguments to override defaults.
or val == 'y'
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    -- 'any' tracks the presence of any arguments at all.
or val == 'true'
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    local any = false
or val == 't'
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    for k,v in pairs( frame.args ) do
or tonumber(val) == 1
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        any = true
then
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        retvals[k] = v
return true
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    end
elseif val == false
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or val == 'no'
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    val = frame.args[1]
or val == 'n'
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or val == 'false'
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    -- According to the template docs, the input should be considered nil
or val == 'f'
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    -- only when no params were provided. If any params at all were present,
or tonumber(val) == 0
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    -- the value must be considered blank. A bit weird, if you ask me.
then
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    if (val == nil and not any) or val == '¬' then
return false
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        return retvals['¬']
else
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    end
return default
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end
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    val = (val or ''):lower()          -- Coerce to blank if nil; make lowercase.
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    val = val:match'^%s*(.*%S)' or '' -- Trim whitespace.
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    if val == '' then
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        return retvals['blank'] ~= nil and retvals['blank'] or retvals['no']
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    elseif val == 'n' or val == 'no' or val == '0' then
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        return retvals['no']
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    elseif val == 'y' or val == 'yes' or val == '1' or retvals['def'] == nil then
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        return retvals['yes']
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    else
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        return retvals['def']
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    end
 
end
 
end
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return p

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