Module:InternalLinkCounter

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-- This Lua module provides a function to count the number of internal links in a given wikitext.
-- This is used by [[Template:InternalLinkCounter]].

local p = {}

-- Function to count the number of internal links in the provided wikitext.
function p.main(frame)
    local text = frame.args[1] or ""
    local count = 0
    -- Iterating through the wikitext to find internal link patterns.
    for link in mw.ustring.gmatch(text, "%[%[([^%]]+)%]%]") do
        count = count + 1
    end
    -- Returning the total count of internal links.
    return count
end

-- Returning the module table.
return p