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366 bytes added ,  11 years ago
Add "rep" function per request by User:קיפודנחש at Wikipedia:Lua requests#Template:Loop and Template:Loop15. Copied from sandbox.
m>WOSlinker
(add nomatch option to str.match)
m>Mr. Stradivarius
(Add "rep" function per request by User:קיפודנחש at Wikipedia:Lua requests#Template:Loop and Template:Loop15. Copied from sandbox.)
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     return result;
     return result;
end
--[[
    simple function to pipe string.rep to templates.
]]
function str.rep( frame )
    local repetitions = tonumber( frame.args[2] )
    if not repetitions then
        return str._error( 'function rep expects a number as second parameter, received "' .. ( frame.args[2] or '' ) .. '"' )
    end
    return string.rep( frame.args[1] or '', repetitions )
end
end


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