Wikipedia:Comparable Lua functions to wikitext
This is a list of Lua functions and the wikitext parser functions and magic words that they are comparable to.
It is slightly out of date for what wikitext parser functions can do.
Parser functions edit
Wikitext | Lua |
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{{#if:x |not empty |empty}}
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if x then
'not empty'
else
'empty'
end
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{{#ifeq:x |y |identical |different}}
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if x == y then
'identical'
else
'different'
end
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{{#iferror:function |bad |good}}
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if tostring(mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess('function')):find('<strong class="error"') then
'bad'
else
'good'
end
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{{#ifexpr:1+2=3 |true|false}}
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if 1 + 2 == 3 then
'true'
else
'false'
end
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[Expensive]{{#ifexist:namespace:title |exists |doesn't exist}}
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[Expensive]
if mw.title.new('title', 'namespace').exists == true then
"exists"
else
"doesn't exist"
end
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{{#rel2abs:path |basepath}}
|
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{{#switch:{{{1}}} |foo=Foo |Bar}}
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local cases = {
default = "Bar",
foo = "Foo",
}
local pframe = mw.getCurrentFrame():getParent()
local arg = pframe.args[1]
cases[arg] or cases["default"]
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{{#time:format |timestamp}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate('format', 'timestamp')
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{{#timel:format |timestamp}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate('format', 'timestamp', 1)
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{{#titleparts:pagename |number of segments to return |first segment to return}}
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Math edit
Unlike in wikicode, Lua does not use functions like #ifexpr
and #expr
. Add the Lua operators and functions straight into your module. See mw:Help:Calculation for details on how #expr
and mw.ext.ParserFunctions.expr()
evaluates expressions.
Wikicode | Lua |
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() | () |
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
1234.5 | 1234.5 |
2e3 | 2e3 |
pi | math.pi |
e | math.exp(1) |
2+2 | 2+2 |
2-1 | 2-1 |
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
not | not |
ceil1.2 | math.ceil(1.2) |
trunc | |
floor1.2 | math.floor(1.2) |
abs-2 | math.abs(-2) |
exp43 | math.exp(43) |
ln2 | math.log(2) |
cos0.1 | math.cos(0.1) |
tan0.1 | math.tan(0.1) |
acos0.1 | math.acos(0.1) |
asin0.1 | math.asin(0.1) |
atan0.1 | math.atan(0.1) |
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
2^3 | 2^3 |
2*3 | 2*3 |
2/3 2div3 |
2/3 |
30mod7 | 30%7 |
+2 | 2 |
-2 | -2 |
Wikicode | Data type | Lua | Data type |
---|---|---|---|
3.0=3 | Integer (0 or 1) | 3.0==3 | Boolean (true or false) |
3!=4 3<>4 |
Integer | 3~=4 | Boolean |
4>3 | Integer | 4>3 | Boolean |
4>=3 | Integer | 4>=3 | Boolean |
3<=4 | Integer | 3<=4 | Boolean |
3<=4 | Integer | 3<=4 | Boolean |
and | Integer | and | Boolean |
or | Integer | or | Boolean |
Magic words edit
Date and time edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{CURRENTYEAR}}
|
mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("Y")
os.date("!%Y")
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{{CURRENTMONTH}}
{{CURRENTMONTH2}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("m")
os.date("!%m")
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{{CURRENTMONTH1}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("n")
("%d"):format(os.date("!%m"))
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{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("F")
os.date("!%B")
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{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("xg")
os.date("!%B")
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{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("M")
os.date("!%b")
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{{CURRENTDAY}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("j")
("%d"):format(os.date("!%d"))
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{{CURRENTDAY2}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("d")
os.date("!%d")
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{{CURRENTDOW}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("w")
os.date("!%w")
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{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("l")
os.date("!%A")
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{{CURRENTTIME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("H:i")
os.date("!%R")
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{{CURRENTHOUR}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("H")
os.date("!%H")
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{{CURRENTWEEK}}
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("%d"):format(mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("W"))
("%d"):format(os.date("!%V"))
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{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("YmdHis")
os.date("!%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
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{{LOCALYEAR}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("Y", nil, true)
os.date("%Y")
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{{LOCALMONTH}}
{{LOCALMONTH2}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("m", nil, true)
os.date("%m")
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{{LOCALMONTH1}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("n", nil, true)
("%d"):format(os.date("%m"))
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{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("F", nil, true)
os.date("%B")
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{{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("xg", nil, true)
os.date("%B")
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{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("M", nil, true)
os.date("%b")
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{{LOCALDAY}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("j", nil, true)
("%d"):format(os.date("%d"))
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{{LOCALDAY2}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("d", nil, true)
os.date("%d")
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{{LOCALDOW}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("w", nil, true)
os.date("%w")
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{{LOCALDAYNAME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("l", nil, true)
os.date("%A")
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{{LOCALTIME}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("H:i", nil, true)
os.date("%R")
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{{LOCALHOUR}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("H", nil, true)
os.date("%H")
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{{LOCALWEEK}}
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("%d"):format(mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("W", nil, true))
("%d"):format(os.date("%V"))
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{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate("YmdHis", nil, true)
os.date("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
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Technical metadata edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{SITENAME}}
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mw.site.siteName
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{{SERVER}}
|
mw.site.server
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{{SERVERNAME}}
|
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{{DIRMARK}}
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mw.language.getContentLanguage():getDirMark()
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{{SCRIPTPATH}}
|
mw.site.scriptPath
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{{STYLEPATH}}
|
mw.site.stylePath
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{{CURRENTVERSION}}
|
mw.site.currentVersion
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{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}
|
mw.getContentLanguage():getCode()
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{{PAGEID}}
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mw.title.getCurrentTitle().id
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{{PAGESIZE:pagename}}
{{PAGESIZE:pagename|R}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatNum(mw.title.new(pagename):getContent():len())
mw.title.new(pagename):getContent():len()
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{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}}
{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:action|pagename}}
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table.concat(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().protectionLevels["edit"])
table.concat(mw.title.new(pagename).protectionLevels[action])
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[Expensive]{{CASCADINGSOURCES}}
{{CASCADINGSOURCES:pagename}}
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[Expensive]table.concat(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().cascadingProtection.sources, "|")
table.concat(mw.title.new(pagename).cascadingProtection.sources, "|")
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{{REVISIONID}}
|
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{{REVISIONDAY}}
|
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{{REVISIONDAY2}}
|
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{{REVISIONMONTH}}
|
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{{REVISIONMONTH1}}
|
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{{REVISIONYEAR}}
|
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{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
|
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{{REVISIONUSER}}
|
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:title}}
|
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{{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey}}
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Statistics edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
|
mw.site.stats.pages
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{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
|
mw.site.stats.articles
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{{NUMBEROFFILES}}
|
mw.site.stats.files
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{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
|
mw.site.stats.edits
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{{NUMBEROFVIEWS}}
|
mw.site.stats.views
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{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
|
mw.site.stats.users
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{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}
|
mw.site.stats.admins
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{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}
|
mw.site.stats.activeUsers
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[Expensive]{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname}}
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[Expensive]mw.site.stats.pagesInCategory('categoryname')
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{{NUMBERINGROUP:groupname}}
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mw.site.stats.usersInGroup('groupname')
|
Page names edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{FULLPAGENAME}}
{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
|
mw.title.getCurrentTitle().prefixedText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().prefixedText, "WIKI")
|
{{PAGENAME}}
{{PAGENAMEE}}
|
mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text, "WIKI")
|
{{BASEPAGENAME}}
{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}
|
mw.title.getCurrentTitle().baseText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().baseText, "WIKI")
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{{ROOTPAGENAME}}
{{ROOTPAGENAMEE}}
|
mw.title.getCurrentTitle().rootText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().rootText, "WIKI")
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{{SUBPAGENAME}}
{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}
|
mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText, "WIKI")
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{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}
{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}
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[Expensive]mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectPageTitle
or a non-expensive alternative: mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectNsText .. ':' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectPageTitle, "WIKI")
or a non-expensive alternative: mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectNsText .. ':' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text, "WIKI")
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{{TALKPAGENAME}}
{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}
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[Expensive]mw.title.getCurrentTitle().talkPageTitle
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().talkPageTitle, "WIKI")
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Namespaces edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{NAMESPACE}}
{{NAMESPACEE}}
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mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText, "WIKI")
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{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}
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mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace
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{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
{{ARTICLESPACE}}
{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}
{{ARTICLESPACEE}}
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mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectNsText
mw.uri.encode(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectNsText, "WIKI")
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{{TALKSPACE}}
{{TALKSPACEE}}
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mw.site.namespaces[title.namespace].talk.canonicalName
mw.uri.encode(mw.site.namespaces[title.namespace].talk.canonicalName, "WIKI")
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URL data edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{localurl:page|query}}
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mw.uri.localUrl('page', 'query')
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{{fullurl:page|query}}
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mw.uri.fullUrl('page', 'query')
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{{canonicalurl:page|query}}
|
mw.uri.canonicalUrl('page', 'query')
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{{filepath:file name}}
|
|
{{urlencode:string|QUERY}}
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mw.uri.encode('string', QUERY)
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{{anchorencode:string}}
|
mw.uri.anchorEncode('string')
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Namespaces edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{ns:0}}
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mw.site.namespaces[0].name
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{{ns:Project}}
|
mw.site.namespaces.Project.name
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Formatting edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{formatnum:number}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():formatNum(number)
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{{#formatdate:date}}
{{#dateformat:date|format}}
|
|
{{lc:string}}
|
mw.ustring.lower('string')
|
{{lcfirst:string}}
|
mw.getContentLanguage():lcfirst('string')
|
{{uc:string}}
|
mw.ustring.upper('string')
|
{{ucfirst:string}}
|
mw.getContentLanguage():ucfirst('string')
|
{{padleft:xyz|stringlength}}
|
|
{{padright:xyz|stringlength}}
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Localisation edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{plural:2|is|are}}
|
mw.getContentLanguage():plural(2, 'is', 'are')
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{{grammar:N|noun}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():grammar('N', 'noun')
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{{gender:username|male|female|neutral}}
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mw.getContentLanguage():gender('username', { 'male', 'female', 'neutral' })
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{{int:message}}
{{int:editsectionhint|MediaWiki}}
|
mw.message.new('message'):plain()
mw.message.new('editsectionhint', 'MediaWiki'):plain()
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Miscellaneous edit
Wikicode | Lua |
---|---|
{{#language:code|inlanguage}}
|
mw.language.fetchLanguageName('code', 'inLanguage')
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{{#special:special page name}}
|
|
{{#speciale:special page name}}
|
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{{#tag:tagname |some text |attribute1=value1 |attribute2=value2}}
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mw.getCurrentFrame():callParserFunction('#tag', { 'tagname', 'some text', attribute1 = 'value1', attribute2 = 'value2' })
mw.getCurrentFrame():extensionTag('tagname', 'some text', { attribute1 = 'value1', attribute2 = 'value2' })
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