Module:Sandbox/iantresman/sandbox/archive/mw.recursive

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Sandbox/iantresman/sandbox/archive/mw.recursive/doc

local p = {} -- defines a variable p as an empty table, but *not* nil.

local a = {}
a.b = {}
a.b.c = {}
a.b.c.d = {}
a.b.c.d.e = "some string"
a.b.c.f = "some other string"

function p.main( frame ) 
	result = "*LUA Version: " .. _VERSION
	-- result = result .. "\n*Arguments: " .. prtable(frame.args)
	-- result = result .. "\n*MW data: " .. prtable(mw.site)
	result = result .. "\n*Example table: " .. prtable(a)
    return result
end

function prtable(t, result)
	result = result or ""
	if type(t) == "table" then
		for k, v in pairs(t) do
			if type(v)=="string" then
				result = result .. "\n:" .. k .. ": " .. v
			else
				result = result .. "\n:" .. k .. ": " .. prtable(v, result)
			end
		end
	else
		result = result .. tostring(t)
	end
	return result
end

return p