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Lua code snippets

For Loop a -z

local c = ""
for x = string.byte('a'), string.byte('z') do
    c = c .. string.char(x)                           -- 'a' to 'z
end

Length of a String

test = "This is a string"
length = #test
or
length = test:len()

Combine tables together

   newtable = {}
   t1 = {"Alabama", "New York"}
   t2 = {"New Hampshire", "Vermont"}
   for k,v in ipairs(t1) do table.insert(newtable, v) end
   for k,v in ipairs(t2) do table.insert(newtable, v) end
   -- newtable now has both t1 and t2 --- can do this for multiple tables

Trim white space left

string = string:match'^%s*(.*)'

Trim white space right

string = string:match'^(.*%S)'

Trim both left and right

string = string:match'^%s*(.*%S)'

Is a table

if (type(var) == "table") then do table work else do non-table work end

Pad to left of String

test = "Some String" char="." len=40
test =  test .. string.rep(char, len - #test)

Pad to right of String

test = "Some String" char ="." len = 40
test = string.rep(char, len - #test) .. test

Chop to length

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(1,5)

can pad left or right to insure size is fixed
may wish to trim spaces off right and left as well

Reverse a String

test = "This is a test"
test = test:reverse()

Str left

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(1,count)

Have to make decision as in case of count being greater than the length of a string or empty string or nil

Str right

test = "This is a test"
test = test:sub(#test - count + 1, test:len())
--or
test = test:reverse()
test = test:sub(1,count)
test = test:reverse()

Have to make decision as in case of count being greater than the length of a string or empty string or nil

Str lower

test = "Yes"
test = test:lower()

Str upper

test = "Yes"
test = test:upper()

ESCAPE LUA SPECIAL CHARACTERS

ESC = mw.ustring.gsub(SOMESTRING, '[%-%.%+%[%]%(%)%$%^%%%?%*]','%%%1')

Sandbox TEST modules created on en.wikipedia

These are some of the Lua Modules created in Sandbox for testing/learning

Get Wikidata id if article exists in Wikipedia

lukup=Second Battle of Fort Fisher -- id=Q7443093 title=Second Battle of Fort Fisher date=January 13, 1865–15, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Union victory: Union takes fort. \\ lukup=Battle of Rivers' Bridge -- id=Q2036970 title=Battle of Rivers' Bridge date=February 3, 1865 place=South Carolina info=Union victory: Union forces capture river crossing. \\ lukup=Battle of Hatcher's Run -- id=Q4871195 title=Battle of Hatcher's Run date=February 5, 1865–7, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Union force launch unexpected attack. \\ lukup=Battle of Wilmington]] ([[North Carolina) -- id={{safesubst:#invoke:Sandbox/Matroc/Misc|getname|Battle of Wilmington]] ([[North Carolina)}} title=Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) date=February 22, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Union victory: Last Confederate port falls. \\ lukup=Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia -- id=Q2890377 title=Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia date=March 2, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Remnants of Confederate Army of the Valley are destroyed. \\ lukup=Battle of Natural Bridge -- id=Q2611018 title=Battle of Natural Bridge date=March 6, 1865 place=Florida info=Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee. \\ lukup=Battle of Wyse Fork -- id=Q586945 title=Battle of Wyse Fork date=March 7, 1865–10, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Union victory: Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery. \\ lukup=Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads -- id= title=Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads date=March 10, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Inconclusive: \\ lukup=Battle of Averasborough -- id=Q2887919 title=Battle of Averasborough date=March 16, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Inconclusive: Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail. \\ lukup=Battle of Bentonville -- id=Q620244 title=Battle of Bentonville date=March 19, 1865–21, 1865 place=North Carolina info=Union victory: Sherman defeats Confederates \\ lukup=Battle of Fort Stedman -- id=Q543094 title=Battle of Fort Stedman date=March 25, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Lee attempts to break siege. \\ lukup=Battle of Spanish Fort -- id=Q2184295 title=Battle of Spanish Fort date=March 27, 1865 – April 8, 1865 place=Alabama info=Union victory: Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile. \\ lukup=Battle of Lewis's Farm -- id=Q1129674 title=Battle of Lewis's Farm date=March 29, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Union forces capture Confederate earthworks. \\ lukup=Battle of White Oak Road -- id=Q1872466 title=Battle of White Oak Road date=March 31, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Confederate forces under Richard H. Anderson defeated. \\ lukup=Battle of Dinwiddie Court House -- id=Q688807 title=Battle of Dinwiddie Court House date=March 31, 1865 place=Virginia info=Confederate victory: Pickett defeats Sheridan. \\ lukup=Battle of Five Forks -- id=Q194329 title=Battle of Five Forks date=April 1, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Sheridan routs Confederates. \\ lukup=Battle of Selma -- id=Q2313310 title=Battle of Selma date=April 2, 1865 place=Alabama info=Union victory: Wilson defeats Forrest. \\ lukup=Third Battle of Petersburg -- id=Q4462586 title=Third Battle of Petersburg date=April 2, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Grant defeats Lee. \\ lukup=Battle of Sutherland's Station -- id=Q2162088 title=Battle of Sutherland's Station date=April 2, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Lee's supply lines are cut. \\ lukup=Battle of Namozine Church -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Namozine Church date=April 3, 1865 place=Virginia info=Confederate victory: Several Confederates captured, Custer's brother earns Medal of Honor. \\ lukup=Battle of Amelia Springs -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Amelia Springs date=April 5, 1865 place=Virginia info=Inconclusive: \\ lukup=Battle of Rice's Station -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Rice's Station date=April 6, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: \\ lukup=Battle of Sayler's Creek -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Sayler's Creek or Sailor's Creek) date=April 6, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Lee realizes his army is on the verge of defeat. \\ lukup=Battle of High Bridge -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of High Bridge date=April 6, 1865–7, 1865 place=Virginia info=Inconclusive: Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses. \\ lukup=Battle of Cumberland Church -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Cumberland Church date=April 7, 1865 place=Virginia info=Confederate victory: Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short. \\ lukup=Battle of Appomattox Station -- id=Template:Safesubst: title=Battle of Appomattox Station date=April 8, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply. \\ lukup=Battle of Appomattox Court House -- id=Q1355391 title=Battle of Appomattox Court House date=April 9, 1865 place=Virginia info=Union victory: Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders. \\ lukup=Battle of Fort Blakeley -- id=Q1438584 title=Battle of Fort Blakeley date=April 9, 1865, 1865 place=Alabama info=Union victory: Union forces capture fort east of Mobile. \\ lukup=Battle of Palmito Ranch -- id=Q48776 title=Battle of Palmito Ranch date=May 12, 1865–13, 1865 place=Texas info=Confederate victory: Last battle in Texas during final phases of the Civil War. \\

Battle of Hoke's Run Q1497885
Battle of Fort Donelson Q601359
Siege of Tubac Q7510471

Battle of Galveston id=Q609495 -- name=Battle of Galveston (Second Battle of Galveston) desc=January 1, 1863 Texas Confederate victory: John B. Magruder expels occupying Union troops from Galveston, Texas.

Second Battle of Springfield id=Q2941587 -- name=Second Battle of Springfield desc=January 8, 1863 Missouri Union victory: Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort.

Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) id=Q761031 -- name=Battle of Arkansas Post (Battle of Fort Hindman) desc=January 9, 1863 Arkansas Union victory: Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River.
Battle of Mossy Creek id=Q4787087 -- name=Battle of Mossy Creek desc=December 29, 1863 Tennessee Union victory: Confederate cavalry forced back.

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Thanks

Thanks Matroc, my objective was to get all points and shapes from osm which are tagged with federal bank qid ... checked with Yurik . asif now it is not supported -- naveenpf (talk) 05:30, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Protected Module Edit (Opinion?)

{{Roman|MMXVIII}} → 2018

Given your past editing of {{Roman}} I wonder if you could point me in the right direction to get some competent eyes on this and also what you might think of {{Roman}} converting both ways depending on input only.

Not sure of process for getting code (as opposed to encyclopedia content) reviewed; didn't even realize there was a [diff] web function until after posting a static diff onto talk page.

–ASiplas (talk) 11:17, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ASiplas - I don't think or remember if I edited the Roman Template - I think that perhaps the only person that I can think of to assist you would possibly be Mr. Stradivarius -- Best wishes! Matroc (talk) 00:35, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]