Module:String

Revision as of 11:16, 22 August 2012 by >IAlex (make sub match current behaviour of {{str sub}})

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:String/doc

local p = {}

function p.length( frame )
    local arg1 = frame.args[1]
    return string.len( arg1 )
end    

function p.sub( frame )
    local arg1 = frame.args[1]
    local arg2 = tonumber( frame.args[2] )
    local arg3 = tonumber( frame.args[3] )
    if arg2 and arg3 then
        local first = arg2 + 1
        local last  = first + arg3
        return string.sub( arg1, first, last )
    else
        return ""
    end
end  

return p