Module:Reply to
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This module is used by {{Reply to}} to trigger a notification to one or several registered user(s) you are replying to in a discussion.
Usage from wikitext
This module cannot be used directly from wikitext. Please use the {{Reply to}} template instead.
Usage within templates
{{#invoke:Reply to|replyto|<noinclude>example=example name</noinclude>|max=maximum number of names}}
- The
|example=parameter sets the name that will show when the template page is viewed. This parameter should be surrounded by<noinclude>...</noinclude>so that it is not transcluded with the parent template, and the parent template will show an error message if no names are specified. - The
|max=parameter sets the maximum number of names that the template will accept. If not specified, it defaults to 50 (which is the maximum number that Echo currently supports as of August 2015[update]). If this number of names is exceeded, the parent template will return an error message.
local p = {}
local function makeError(msg)
msg ='Error in [[Template:Reply to]]: ' .. msg
return mw.text.tag('strong', {['class']='error'}, msg)
end
function p.replyto(frame)
local origArgs = frame:getParent().args
local args = {}
local maxArg = 1
local usernames = 0
for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
if type(k) == 'number' then
if mw.ustring.match(v,'%S') then
if k > maxArg then maxArg = k end
usernames = usernames + 1
local title = mw.title.new(v)
if not title then return makeError('Input contains forbidden characters.') end
args[k] = title.rootText
end
elseif v == '' and k:sub(0,5) == 'label' then
args[k] = '​'
else
args[k] = v
end
end
if usernames > (tonumber(frame.args.max) or 50) then
return makeError(string.format(
'More than %s names specified.',
tostring(frame.args.max or 50)
))
else
if usernames < 1 then
if frame.args.example then args[1] = frame.args.example else return makeError('Username not given.') end
end
args['label1'] = args['label1'] or args['label']
local isfirst = true
local outStr = args['prefix'] or '@'
for i = 1, maxArg do
if args[i] then
if isfirst then
isfirst = false
else
if ( (usernames > 2) or ((usernames == 2) and (args['c'] == '')) ) then outStr = outStr..', ' end
if i == maxArg then outStr = outStr..' '..(args['c'] or 'and') .. ' ' end
end
outStr = string.format(
'%s[[User:%s|%s]]',
outStr,
args[i],
args['label'..tostring(i)] or args[i]
)
end
end
outStr = outStr..(args['p'] or ':')
return mw.text.tag('span', {['class']='template-ping'}, outStr)
end
end
return p