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Protected "Module:Char": High-risk Lua module ([Edit=Allow only template editors and administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only template editors and administrators] (indefinite))

-- This function can substitute some critical leading characters
-- by their decimal numeric character references
-- to avoid their interpretion as wiki syntax

local ncr = {}

-- function: removes characters at the start of the string: '#', '*', ':', ';'
function ncr.subst ( frame )
local gpar = frame.args
local char = ''
if gpar then char = mw.text.trim ( gpar[1] )-- global
else char = mw.text.trim ( frame ) -- local
end
if mw.ustring.sub ( char, 1, 1 ) == '#' then
return '#' .. mw.ustring.sub( char, 2, #char );
elseif mw.ustring.sub ( char, 1, 1 ) == '*' then
return '*' .. mw.ustring.sub( char, 2, #char );
elseif mw.ustring.sub ( char, 1, 1 ) == ':' then
return ':' .. mw.ustring.sub( char, 2, #char );
elseif mw.ustring.sub ( char, 1, 1 ) == ';' then
return '&#59;' .. mw.ustring.sub( char, 2, #char );
else
return char;
end
end -- end function subst

-- alias long function name for abbreviation
function ncr.substitute ( frame )
local gpar = frame.args
return ncr.subst ( gpar[1] );
end -- end function substitute


-- function: removes characters: '"', '&', "'", '<', '=', '>', '[', ']', '{', '|', '}'
function ncr.nowiki ( frame )
local gpar = frame.args
return mw.text.nowiki( gpar[1] );
end -- end function nowiki

return ncr;
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