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-- This module takes positional parameters as input and concatenates them with
-- an optional separator. The final separator (the "conjunction") can be
-- specified independently, enabling natural-language lists like
-- "foo, bar, baz and qux". The starting parameter can also be specified.

local compressSparseArray = require('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArray
local p = {}

function p._main(args)
local dataPlural = args.dataPlural
local separator = args.separator
-- Decode (convert to Unicode) HTML escape sequences, such as " " for space.
and mw.text.decode(args.separator) or ''
local conjunction = args.conjunction and mw.text.decode(args.conjunction) or separator
-- Discard values before the starting parameter.
local start = tonumber(args.start)
if start then
for i = 1, start - 1 do args[i] = nil end
end
-- Discard named parameters.
local values = compressSparseArray(args)
local result = mw.text.listToText(values, separator, conjunction)
if dataPlural and #values > 0 and (#separator > 0 or #conjunction > 0) then
-- flag to [[Module:Detect singular]] whether this is a list with >1 element
result = result..'<span style="display:none" data-plural="'..(#values > 1 and '1' or '0')..'"></span>'
end
return result
end

local function makeInvokeFunction(separator, conjunction, first)
return function (frame)
local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame)
args.separator = separator or args.separator
args.conjunction = conjunction or args.conjunction
args.first = first or args.first
return p._main(args)
end
end

p.main = makeInvokeFunction()
p.br = makeInvokeFunction('<br />')
p.comma = makeInvokeFunction(mw.message.new('comma-separator'):plain())

return p

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