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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mediawiki.lrdevplugin/MediaWikiUtils.lua b/mediawiki.lrdevplugin/MediaWikiUtils.lua
index 00dd46d..0eeb7a9 100644
--- a/mediawiki.lrdevplugin/MediaWikiUtils.lua
+++ b/mediawiki.lrdevplugin/MediaWikiUtils.lua
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
-- Copyright (C) 2014 by the LrMediaWiki team (see CREDITS.txt file in the
-- project root directory or [2])
--
--- [0] <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LrMediaWiki/LrMediaWiki/master/LICENSE.txt>
+-- [0] <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ireas/LrMediaWiki/master/LICENSE.txt>
-- [1] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:LrMediaWiki>
--- [2] <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LrMediaWiki/LrMediaWiki/master/CREDITS.txt>
+-- [2] <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ireas/LrMediaWiki/master/CREDITS.txt>
-- Code status:
-- doc: missing
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ local Info = require 'Info'
local MediaWikiUtils = {}
+-- Allows formatting of strings like "${test} eins zwei drei ${test2}"
+-- Based on a solution by http://lua-users.org/wiki/RiciLake shown here:
+-- http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringInterpolation
+MediaWikiUtils.formatString = function(str, arguments)
+ return (str:gsub('($%b{})', function(w) return arguments[w:sub(3, -2)] or w end))
+end
+
MediaWikiUtils.isStringEmpty = function(str)
return str == nil or string.match(str, '^%s*$') ~= nil
end