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		<title>&gt;Johnuniq: require Module:Template invocation only if required (see Template talk:Post-nominals#Use of Module:Template_invocation); clean whitespace, variables</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;require &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Module:Template_invocation&quot; title=&quot;Module:Template invocation&quot;&gt;Module:Template invocation&lt;/a&gt; only if required (see &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=Template_talk:Post-nominals&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Template talk:Post-nominals (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Template talk:Post-nominals#Use of Module:Template_invocation&lt;/a&gt;); clean whitespace, variables&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- This module implements {{for loop}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
local yesno = require(&amp;#039;Module:Yesno&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
		trim = false,&lt;br /&gt;
		removeBlanks = false&lt;br /&gt;
	})&lt;br /&gt;
	return p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local template = args[&amp;#039;call&amp;#039;] or &amp;#039;void&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local calltemplates = yesno(args.substall or &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, true) or not mw.isSubsting()&lt;br /&gt;
	local variableParam = args.pv&lt;br /&gt;
	variableParam = tonumber(variableParam) or variableParam or 1 -- fix for positional parameters&lt;br /&gt;
	local variableValPrefix = args.prefix or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local variableValPostfix = args.postfix or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local sep = args[1] or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local constantArgs = p.getConstants(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local variableVals = p.getVariableVals(args)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local result = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local addSeparator = false;&lt;br /&gt;
	for _, v in ipairs(variableVals) do&lt;br /&gt;
		v = mw.text.trim(v)&lt;br /&gt;
		if #v &amp;gt; 0 or not yesno(args.skipBlanks) then&lt;br /&gt;
			if addSeparator then&lt;br /&gt;
				result = result .. sep&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
			addSeparator = true;&lt;br /&gt;
			local targs = constantArgs&lt;br /&gt;
			targs[variableParam] = variableValPrefix .. v .. variableValPostfix&lt;br /&gt;
			if calltemplates then&lt;br /&gt;
				local output = p.callTemplate(template, targs)&lt;br /&gt;
				if #mw.text.trim(output) == 0 then&lt;br /&gt;
					addSeparator = false&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
				result = result .. output&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				local makeTemplate = require(&amp;#039;Module:Template invocation&amp;#039;).invocation&lt;br /&gt;
				result = result .. makeTemplate(template, targs)&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return result&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.getConstants(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local constantArgNums = p.getArgNums(args, &amp;#039;pc&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;n&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
	local constantArgs = {}&lt;br /&gt;
	for _, num in ipairs(constantArgNums) do&lt;br /&gt;
		local keyArg = &amp;#039;pc&amp;#039; .. tostring(num) .. &amp;#039;n&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
		local valArg = &amp;#039;pc&amp;#039; .. tostring(num) .. &amp;#039;v&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
		local key = args[keyArg]&lt;br /&gt;
		key = tonumber(key) or key&lt;br /&gt;
		local value = args[valArg]&lt;br /&gt;
		constantArgs[key] = value&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return constantArgs&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.getVariableVals(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local variableVals = {}&lt;br /&gt;
	if args.start or args.stop or args.by then&lt;br /&gt;
		if args[2] then&lt;br /&gt;
			error(&amp;quot;Both start/stop/by and numbered parameters specified&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		local start = tonumber(args.start or 1)&lt;br /&gt;
		local stop = tonumber(args.stop or 1)&lt;br /&gt;
		local by = tonumber(args.by or 1)&lt;br /&gt;
		for i = start, stop, by do&lt;br /&gt;
			variableVals [#variableVals + 1] = i&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		for i, v in ipairs(args) do&lt;br /&gt;
			if i ~= 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
				variableVals[i - 1] = v&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return variableVals&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.getArgNums(args, prefix, suffix)&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Returns a table containing the numbers of the arguments that exist&lt;br /&gt;
	-- for the specified prefix and suffix.&lt;br /&gt;
	local nums = {}&lt;br /&gt;
	local pattern = &amp;#039;^&amp;#039; .. prefix .. &amp;#039;([1-9]%d*)&amp;#039; .. suffix .. &amp;#039;$&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	for k, _ in pairs(args) do&lt;br /&gt;
		local num = tostring(k):match(pattern)&lt;br /&gt;
		if num then&lt;br /&gt;
			nums[#nums + 1] = tonumber(num)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	table.sort(nums)&lt;br /&gt;
	return nums&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.callTemplate(template, targs)&lt;br /&gt;
	return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{title = template, args = targs}&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>&gt;Johnuniq</name></author>
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