Module:Yesno: Difference between revisions

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    m>Mr. Stradivarius
    (return nil values as nil)
    m>Mr. Stradivarius
    (stop making the default "default" value true, as we run into problems if you need to distinguish between false and nil)
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         elseif val == true or val == 'yes' or val == 'y' or val == 'true' or tonumber(val) == 1 then
         elseif val == true or val == 'yes' or val == 'y' or val == 'true' or tonumber(val) == 1 then
             return true
             return true
         elseif default ~= nil then
         else
             return default
             return default
        else
            return true
         end
         end
    end
    end

    Revision as of 13:21, 26 September 2013

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

    -- Function allowing for consistent treatment of boolean-like wikitext input.
    -- It works similarly to the template {{yesno}}.
    return function (val, default)
        val = type(val) == 'string' and mw.ustring.lower(val) or val -- put in lower case
        if val == nil then
            return nil
        elseif val == false or val == 'no' or val == 'n' or val == 'false' or tonumber(val) == 0 then
            return false
        elseif val == true or val == 'yes' or val == 'y' or val == 'true' or tonumber(val) == 1 then
            return true
        else
            return default
        end
    end