imported>RexxS: better to re-write so that table displays properly

2019-05-06T12:01:16Z

better to re-write so that table displays properly

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--[[
Helper function that checks a piece of text with 3-way match: valid match, invalid match, no match
It returns 3 configurable results.
The function test tests if a title contains a valid disabiguator.
--]]

local p = {}

-- exportable to other modules
function p._3way_check(text, args)
if not text or text == "" then return false, "no text" end

-- Check if there is a match on the valid list
for _, v in ipairs(args.valid) do
if text:match(v) then
return true, ""
end
end

-- Check if there is a match on the invalid list
for k, v in pairs(args.invalid) do
if text:match(k) then
return false, v
end
end

-- if we've got this far, then there's no match
return false, args.nomatch
end

function p.test(frame)
local title = frame.args.title or ""
if title == "" then return "No title" end

local exceptionList = {
"The (206)",
"Cinderella (Apakah Cinta Hanyalah Mimpi?)",
"How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)",
"I (Almost) Got Away With It",
"Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)",
"Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)",
"Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)"
}
-- finish if the title has brackets that are part of the title (not disambiguation)
for _, v in ipairs(exceptionList) do
if v == title then
return "Title on exception list"
end
end

-- extract the disambiguation text
local disambiguation = string.match(title, "%s%((.-)%)")

-- set up the three possibilities
local args = {
valid = {
"TV series",
"TV program",
"TV programme",
"TV film",
"film",
"miniseries",
"serial",
"game show",
"talk show",
"web series"
},
invalid = {
-- for testing we'll just see the category, not categorise the page
["franchise"] = "[[:Category:Television articles using incorrect infobox - F]]",
["season"] = "[[:Category:Television articles using incorrect infobox - S]]"
-- ["franchise"] = "[[Category:Television articles using incorrect infobox|F]]",
-- ["season"] = "[[Category:Television articles using incorrect infobox|S]]"
},
-- for testing we'll just see the category, not categorise the page
nomatch = "[[:Category:Television articles with incorrect naming style]]"
}

local validmatch, msg = p._3way_check(disambiguation, args)
if validmatch then
return "Valid title"
else
return msg
end
end

return p

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