Module:Utils/doc

Utility functions to help creating modules

def(value, default)

Returns value if it is not nil or "", and defaultotherwise

_a(arg)

Extracts the argument from the common ways mediawiki passes arguments to modules:

• if arg is not a table, it is returned as is (Called from Lua like a function)
• if arg is a table and that table has a args field, arg.args[1] is returned (Called from MediaWiki’s {{#invoke:}} parser function)
• if arg is a table but doesn’t contain an args field, args[1] is returned (Called with a table as an argument list)

date(y, m, d, short = false)

Formats a date.

If short is set to true, uses shortened months name instead of full length month names.