imported>Mr. Stradivarius: create a simple string count module

2015-02-22T03:44:32Z

create a simple string count module

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-- This module counts the number of times a string appears on a given page.

local p = {}

local function escapePattern(s)
-- Escape punctuation in a string so it can be used in a Lua pattern.
s = s:gsub('%p', '%%%0')
return s
end

function p.count(frame)
local text = mw.title.new(frame.args.page):getContent()
local pattern = escapePattern(frame.args.search)
local temp, count = mw.ustring.gsub(text, pattern, '')
return count
end

return p

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imported>Mr. Stradivarius: create a simple string count module