Module:DateThings

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:DateThings/doc

local p = {}

--Copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426954/split-string-in-lua
function mysplit(inputstr, sep)
  if sep == nil then
    sep = "%s"
  end
  local t = {}
  for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
    table.insert(t, str)
  end
  return t
end

function trim (s)
    return (string.gsub(s, "^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1"))
end
    
function p.datesplit(frame)
	InputSeparator = ","
	OutputSeparator = "・"
	InputText = frame.args[1]
	
	DateList = mysplit(InputText,",")
	
	OutputText = ""
	for i, v in ipairs(DateList) do
		if i>1 then
			OutputText = OutputText .. OutputSeparator
		end
		OutputText = OutputText .. trim(DateList[i])
	end

	--OutputText = Separator .. InputText .. Separator
	return OutputText
end





return p