Module:HTMLParse
This module parses and manipulates HTML strings.
There is currently 4 functions:
- pluralize
- make_possessive
- strip_formatting
- capitalize
pluralize
Pluralizes an HTML string by inserting an "s" between the final alphabetic character and closing tag </
For example, <span>book</span>
becomes <span>books</span>
.
Notes:
- Won't pluralize anything that already ends in "s".
- Won't pluralize anything that doesn't lua pattern match
%a</
- If passing a template that uses a cargo query as the html parameter, be sure that the cargo query is marked with
no html
or this Module might not be able to expand the template correctly.
Usage
{{#invoke: HTMLParse | pluralize | html = (html string here) }}
Examples
wikitext | result |
---|---|
{{#invoke: HTMLParse | pluralize | html = {{Qud text|&Cultra-light &brobot| notxml }} }}
|
Lua error at line 5: attempt to index local 'htmlString' (a nil value). |
{{#invoke: HTMLParse | pluralize | html = <span style="color:red">big </span><span style="color:blue">book</span> }}
|
Lua error at line 5: attempt to index local 'htmlString' (a nil value). |
make_possessive
Identical to pluralize
except that instead of inserting an s
, make_possessive inserts an 's
strip_formatting
Strips HTML tags from the input string. For example, <span style="color:red;">help!</span>
becomes help!
.
Example:
{{#invoke: HTMLParse | strip_formatting | html = <span style="color: #d74200;">c</span><span style="color: #cfc041;">r</span><span style="color: #00c420;">a</span><span style="color: #0096ff;">y</span><span style="color: #da5bd6;">o</span><span style="color: #77bfcf;">n</span><span style="color: #FFFFFF;">s</span> }}
Result:
Script error: The function "strip_formatting" does not exist.
capitalize
Capitalizes the word while preserving HTML formatting. It only takes one argument.
{{#invoke: HTMLParse | capitalize | html = {{qud text|&Cbrinestalk &Gstalks}} }}
brinestalk stalks turns into: Script error: The function "capitalize" does not exist.
local p = {}
function p.pluralize(frame)
local htmlString = frame.args[1]
prefix, postfix = htmlString:match'(.*%a)(</.*)' --split string at the last alphabetic character that appears immediately before a closing html tag </...>
if (prefix == nil or prefix == '' or postfix == nil or postfix == '') then
return htmlString --return unmodified string (couldn't find alpha character followed by closing HTML tag)
elseif (string.sub(prefix, -1) == 's') then
return htmlString --return unmodified (ends with 's', like 'boots', so we shouldn't append another 's')
else
return (prefix .. 's' .. postfix)
end
end
return p