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Lua code snippets

For Loop a -z

local c = ""
for x = string.byte('a'), string.byte('z') do
    c = c .. string.char(x)                           -- 'a' to 'z
end

Length of a String

test = "This is a string"
length = #test
or
length = test:len()

Combine tables together

   newtable = {}
   t1 = {"Alabama", "New York"}
   t2 = {"New Hampshire", "Vermont"}
   for k,v in ipairs(t1) do table.insert(newtable, v) end
   for k,v in ipairs(t2) do table.insert(newtable, v) end
   -- newtable now has both t1 and t2 --- can do this for multiple tables

Trim white space left

string = string:match'^%s*(.*)'

Trim white space right

string = string:match'^(.*%S)'

Trim both left and right

string = string:match'^%s*(.*%S)'

Is a table

if (type(var) == "table") then do table work else do non-table work end

Pad to left of String

test = "Some String" char="." len=40
test =  test .. string.rep(char, len - #test)

Pad to right of String

test = "Some String" char ="." len = 40
test = string.rep(char, len - #test) .. test

Chop to length

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(1,5)

can pad left or right to insure size is fixed
may wish to trim spaces off right and left as well

Reverse a String

test = "This is a test"
test = test:reverse()

Str left

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(1,count)

Have to make decision as in case of count being greater than the length of a string or empty string or nil

Str right

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(#test - count + 1, test:len())
--or
test = test:reverse()
test = test:sub(1,count)
test = test:reverse()

Have to make decision as in case of count being greater than the length of a string or empty string or nil

Str lower

test = "Yes"
test = test:lower()

Str upper

test = "Yes"
test = test:upper()

ESCAPE LUA SPECIAL CHARACTERS

ESC = mw.ustring.gsub(SOMESTRING, '[%-%.%+%[%]%(%)%$%^%%%?%*]','%%%1')

Sandbox TEST modules created on en.wikipedia

These are some of the Lua Modules created in Sandbox for testing/learning

Get Wikidata id if article exists in Wikipedia

Battle of Hoke's Run Q1497885

Get DISPLAYTITLE

No Display Title
iCarly (season 6)

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Thanks

Thanks Matroc, my objective was to get all points and shapes from osm which are tagged with federal bank qid ... checked with Yurik . asif now it is not supported -- naveenpf (talk) 05:30, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Protected Module Edit (Opinion?)

{{Roman|MMXVIII}} → 2018

Given your past editing of {{Roman}} I wonder if you could point me in the right direction to get some competent eyes on this and also what you might think of {{Roman}} converting both ways depending on input only.

Not sure of process for getting code (as opposed to encyclopedia content) reviewed; didn't even realize there was a [diff] web function until after posting a static diff onto talk page.

–ASiplas (talk) 11:17, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ASiplas - I don't think or remember if I edited the Roman Template - I think that perhaps the only person that I can think of to assist you would possibly be Mr. Stradivarius -- Best wishes! Matroc (talk) 00:35, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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