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-- This module finds the highest existing archive number for a set of talk -- archive pages. local expSearch = require('Module:Exponential search') local p = {} local function raiseStartNumberError(start) error(string.format( 'Invalid start number "%s" supplied to [[Module:Highest archive number]] (must be an integer)', tostring(start) ), 3) end local function pageExists(page) local success, exists = pcall(function() return mw.title.new(page).exists end) return success and exists end function p._main(prefix, start) -- Check our inputs if type(prefix) ~= 'string' or not prefix:find('%S') then error('No prefix supplied to [[Module:Highest archive number]]', 2) end if start ~= nil and (type(start) ~= "number" or math.floor(start) ~= start) then raiseStartNumberError(start) end start = start or 1 -- Do an exponential search for the highest archive number local result = expSearch(function (i) local archiveNumber = i + start - 1 local page = prefix .. tostring(archiveNumber) return pageExists(page) end, 10) if result == nil then -- We didn't find any archives for our prefix + start number return nil else -- We found the highest archive, but the number is always 1-based, so -- adjust it for our start number return result + start - 1 end end function p.main(frame) local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, { trim = false, removeBlanks = false, wrappers = 'Template:Highest archive number' }) local prefix = args[1] -- Get the start archive number, if specified. local start = args.start if start == "" then start = nil elseif start then start = tonumber(start) if not start then raiseStartNumberError(args.start) end end return p._main(prefix, start) end return p
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