imported>GreenC at 18:18, 6 October 2014

2014-10-06T18:18:06Z

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-- Find the date of birth/death from [[Category:XXXX births]]
-- Doesn't preserve AD, BC, ca. etc..

local p = {}

function p.getcategory(frame)

local pframe = frame:getParent()
local args = pframe.args

-- Load the page
t = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
pagetext = t:getContent()
if pagetext == nil then
return ""
end

-- Remove false positives
pagetext = mw.ustring.gsub( mw.ustring.gsub(pagetext, "", ""), "<nowiki>.-</nowiki>", "")

-- Scrape for the Category and find date
local birthcheck = mw.ustring.match(pagetext, "%[%[%s-[Cc]ategory:%s-%d+%.?%d*%s-births%s-%]%]" )
if birthcheck ~= nil then
birthcat = mw.ustring.match(birthcheck, "%d+%.?%d*")
else
birthcat = "Unknown"
end

local deathcheck = mw.ustring.match(pagetext, "%[%[%s-[Cc]ategory:%s-%d+%.?%d*%s-deaths%s-%]%]" )
if deathcheck ~= nil then
deathcat = mw.ustring.match(deathcheck, "%d+%.?%d*")
else
deathcat = "Unknown"
end

return birthcat .. "-" .. deathcat

end

return p

Module:Sandbox/GreenC/getcategory - Revision history

imported>GreenC at 18:18, 6 October 2014