imported>Boboquack at 01:28, 1 November 2018

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-- Boboquack Google Code-in, Introduction to Lua in Wikipedia

-- Boboquack Google Code-in, Working with modules
local p = {} -- p stands for package

function p.hello( frame )
return "Hello, world!"
end

p.Hi = function(frame)
strName = frame.args.name or "Jimbo"
return "Hello from Lua to my friend " .. strName .. ". "
end

--return p

-- Boboquack Google Code-in, Calculations and tests

function p.temperature(frame)
cel=tonumber(frame.args.celsius) or 0
fah=cel*9/5+32
msg=cel.." degrees Celsius is "..fah.." degrees Fahrenheit."
if cel>9 then msg=msg.." It is warm." else msg=msg.." It is cold." end
return msg
end

-- Task 4 (Boboquack Google Code-in, Loops and tables)

p.times = function(frame)
local num = tonumber( frame.args.num ) or 2
local out = num.." times table "
for i = 1, 12 do
out = out .. num .. " times " .. i .. " equals " .. i * num .. " "
end
return out
end

p.mum = function(frame)
local family = {"Dad", "Mum", "Uncle Stan", "Aunty Elsie", "Brian", "Cousin George", "Pop", "Nan"}
local msg = ""
for i = 1,#family do
msg = msg .. "Hello " .. family[i] .. " "
end
return msg
end

-- Boboquack Google Code-in, Lua libraries

p.sentence = function(frame)
local str = frame.args.words or ""
local out = string.upper(string.sub(str, 1, 1))..string.sub(str, 2)
return out
end

p.unpackdate = function(frame)
local dmydate = frame.args.dmydate or ""
local day, month, year = string.match(dmydate, "(%d+) (%w+) (%d+)")
return "Year = " .. year .. " Day = " .. day .. " Month = " .. month
end

-- Boboquack Google Code-in, MediaWiki libraries

p.langnames = function(frame)
local langlist = mw.language.fetchLanguageNames()
local langs = ""
local count = 0
for k, v in pairs(langlist) do
langs = langs .. k .. " - " .. v .. " "
count = count + 1
end
return langs .. " = " .. count .. " languages"
end

p.fallbacks=function(frame)
local langcode = frame.args.langcode
local fallbacklist = mw.language.getFallbacksFor( langcode )
local fallbackstring = langcode .. ":"
for i,fallbacks in pairs(fallbacklist) do
fallbackstring = fallbackstring .. " " .. fallbacks
end
return fallbackstring
end

p.pagename = function( frame )
local ttl = frame.args.title
local ttlobj = mw.title.new( ttl )
local txt = ttlobj.text
return txt
end

p.pageinfo = function(frame)
local page = mw.title.new(frame.args.title)
local exist=" does not exist "
local redirect=" not "
if page.exists then exist=" exists " end
if page.isRedirect then redirect=" " end
return page.text..exist.."and is"..redirect.."a redirect"
end

return p

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imported>Boboquack at 01:28, 1 November 2018