Модуль:string utilities

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local module_name = "string_utilities"
local export = {}

local format_escapes = {
    ["op"] = "{",
    ["cl"] = "}",
}

function export.format(str, tbl)
    return (string.gsub(str, "{(\\?)((\\?)[^{}]*)}", function (p1, name, p2)
        if #p1 + #p2 == 1 then
            return format_escapes[name] or error(module_name .. ".format: unrecognized escape sequence '{\\" .. name .. "}'")
        else
            return tbl[name] or error(module_name .. ".format: '" .. name .. "' not found in table")
        end
    end))
end

-- Reimplementation of mw.ustring.split() that includes any capturing
-- groups in the splitting pattern. This works like Python's re.split()
-- function, except that it has Lua's behavior when the split pattern
-- is empty (i.e. advancing by one character at a time; Python returns the
-- whole remainder of the string).
function export.capturing_split(str, pattern)
    local ret = {}
    -- (.-) corresponds to (.*?) in Python or Perl; () captures the
    -- current position after matching.
    pattern = "(.-)" .. pattern .. "()"
    local start = 1
    while true do
        -- Did we reach the end of the string?
        if start > #str then
            table.insert(ret, "")
            return ret
        end
        -- match() returns all captures as multiple return values;
        -- we need to insert into a table to get them all.
        local captures = {mw.ustring.match(str, pattern, start)}
        -- If no match, add the remainder of the string.
        if #captures == 0 then
            table.insert(ret, mw.ustring.sub(str, start))
            return ret
        end
        local newstart = table.remove(captures)
        -- Special case: If we don't advance by any characters, then advance
        -- by one character; this avoids an infinite loop, and makes splitting
        -- by an empty string work the way mw.ustring.split() does. If we
        -- reach the end of the string this way, return immediately, so we
        -- don't get a final empty string.
        if newstart == start then
            table.insert(ret, mw.ustring.sub(str, start, start))
            table.remove(captures, 1)
            start = start + 1
            if start > #str then
            	return ret
            end
        else
            table.insert(ret, table.remove(captures, 1))
            start = newstart
        end
        -- Insert any captures from the splitting pattern.
        for _, x in ipairs(captures) do
            table.insert(ret, x)
        end
    end
end

return export