Module:Parameter names example

-- This module implements.

local p = {}

local function makeParam(s) local lb = '&#123;' local rb = '&#125;' return lb:rep(3) .. s .. rb:rep(3) end

local function italicize(s) return "''" .. s .. "''" end

local function plain(s) return s end

function p._main(args, frame) -- Find how we want to format the arguments to the template. local formatFunc if args._display == 'italics' or args._display == 'italic' then formatFunc = italicize elseif args._display == 'plain' then formatFunc = plain else formatFunc = makeParam end

-- Build the table of template arguments. local targs = {} for k, v in pairs(args) do		if type(k) == 'number' then targs[v] = formatFunc(v) elseif not k:find('^_') then targs[k] = v		end end

-- Find the template name. local template if args._template then template = args._template else local currentTitle = mw.title.getCurrentTitle if currentTitle.prefixedText:find('/sandbox$') then template = currentTitle.prefixedText else template = currentTitle.basePageTitle.prefixedText end end

-- Call the template with the arguments. frame = frame or mw.getCurrentFrame local success, result = pcall(		frame.expandTemplate,		frame,		{title = template, args = targs}	) if success then return result else return '' end end

function p.main(frame) local args = require('Dev:Arguments').getArgs(frame) return p._main(args, frame) end

return p