Module:Reply to/sandbox

local p = {}

local function makeError(msg)

msg ='Error in Template:Reply to: ' .. msg

return mw.text.tag('strong', {['class']='error'}, msg)

end

local function makeLink(u, l)

return '' .. (l or u) .. ''

end

function p.replyto(frame)

local outArray, argIndex = {}, {}

local args = frame:getParent().args

args.label1 = args.label1 or args.label

for k, v in pairs(args) do

if type(k) == 'number' and string.match(v,'%S') then

table.insert(argIndex, k)

end

end

table.sort(argIndex)

for _, k in ipairs(argIndex) do

local title = mw.title.new(args[k])

if not title then return makeError('Input contains forbidden characters.') end

title = title.rootText

local label = args['label'..tostring(k)]

if label == '' then label = '​' end

table.insert( outArray, makeLink(title, label) )

end

if #outArray > (tonumber(frame.args.max) or 50) then

return makeError('More than ' .. tostring(frame.args.max or 50) .. ' names specified.')

end

if #outArray < 1 then

if frame.args.example then

outArray[1] = makeLink(frame.args.example)

else

return makeError('Username not given.')

end

end

local conjuction = (#outArray == 2 and ' ' or ', ') .. (args.c or 'and') .. ' '

local outStr = (args.c == '') and table.concat(outArray, ', ') or mw.text.listToText(outArray, ', ', conjuction)

return mw.text.tag('span', {['class']='template-ping'}, (args.prefix or '@') .. outStr .. (args.p or ':'))

end

return p