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This module may be appended to a template to check for uses of unknown parameters.
Usage
Basic usage
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category]] |arg1|arg2|arg3|argN}}
or to sort the entries in the tracking category by parameter with a preview error message
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]] |preview=unknown parameter "_VALUE_" |arg1|arg2|...|argN}}
or for an explicit red error message
{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=<span class="error">Sorry, I don't recognize _VALUE_</span> |arg1|arg2|...|argN}}
Here, arg1
, arg2
, ..., argN
, are the known parameters. Unnamed (positional) parameters can be added too: |1|2|argname1|argname2|...
. Any parameter which is used, but not on this list, will cause the module to return whatever is passed with the unknown
parameter. The _VALUE_
keyword, if used, will be changed to the name of the parameter. This is useful for either sorting the entries in a tracking category, or for provide more explicit information.
By default, the module makes no distinction between a defined-but-blank parameter and a non-blank parameter. That is, both unlisted |foo=x
and |foo=
are reported. To only track non-blank parameters use |ignoreblank=1
.
By default, the module ignores blank positional parameters. That is, an unlisted |2=
is ignored. To include blank positional parameters in the tracking use |showblankpositional=1
.
Lua patterns
This module supports Lua patterns (similar to regular expressions), which are useful when there are many known parameters which use a systematic pattern. For example, template:infobox3cols uses
| regexp1 = header[%d][%d]* | regexp2 = label[%d][%d]* | regexp3 = data[%d][%d]*[abc]? | regexp4 = class[%d][%d]*[abc]? | regexp5 = rowclass[%d][%d]* | regexp6 = rowstyle[%d][%d]* | regexp7 = rowcellstyle[%d][%d]*
to match all parameters of the form headerNUM
, labelNUM
, dataNUM
, dataNUMa
, dataNUMb
, dataNUMc
, ..., rowcellstyleNUM
, where NUM is a string of digits.
Example
{{Infobox | above = {{{name|}}} | label1 = Height | data1 = {{{height|}}} | label2 = Weight | data2 = {{{weight|}}} | label3 = Website | data3 = {{{website|}}} }}<!-- end infobox, start tracking -->{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check | unknown = {{main other|[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]]}} | preview = unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | name | height | weight | website }}
See also
- Category:Unknown parameters (0) (category page can have header {{Unknown parameters category}})
- Module:Check for deprecated parameters – similar module that checks for deprecated parameters
- Module:Check for clobbered parameters – module that checks for conflicting parameters
- Module:TemplatePar – similar function (originally from dewiki)
- Template:Parameters and Module:Parameters – generates a list of parameter names for a given template
- Project:TemplateData based template parameter validation
- Module:Parameter validation checks a lot more
- User:Bamyers99/TemplateParametersTool - A tool for checking usage of template parameters
-- This module may be used to compare the arguments passed to the parent -- with a list of arguments, returning a specified result if an argument is -- not on the list local p = {} local function trim(s) return s:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$') end local function isnotempty(s) return s and trim(s) ~= '' end function p.check (frame) local args = frame.args local pargs = frame:getParent().args local ignoreblank = isnotempty(frame.args['ignoreblank']) local checkpos = isnotempty(frame.args['checkpositional']) local knownargs = {} local unknown = frame.args['unknown'] or 'Found _VALUE_, ' local preview = frame.args['preview'] local res = {} local regexps = {} local comments = {} local commentstr = '' local ispreview = frame:preprocess( "{{REVISIONID}}" ) == "" and 1 or 0 -- create the list of known args, regular expressions, and the return string for k, v in pairs(args) do if type(k) == 'number' then v = trim(v) knownargs[v] = 1 elseif k:find('^regexp[1-9][0-9]*$') then table.insert(regexps, '^' .. v .. '$') end end if isnotempty(preview) then preview = '<div class="hatnote" style="color:red"><strong>Warning:</strong> ' .. preview .. ' (this message is shown only in preview).</div>' elseif preview == nil then preview = unknown end if ispreview == 1 then unknown = preview ignoreblank = false end -- adds one result to the output tables local function addresult(k) if k == '' then -- Fix odd bug for | = which gets stripped to the empty string and -- breaks category links k = ' ' end local r = unknown:gsub('_VALUE_', k) table.insert(res, r) table.insert(comments, '"' .. k .. '"') end -- loop over the parent args, and make sure they are on the list for k, v in pairs(pargs) do if type(k) == 'string' and knownargs[k] == nil then local knownflag = false for i, regexp in ipairs(regexps) do if mw.ustring.match(k, regexp) then knownflag = true break end end if not knownflag and ( not ignoreblank or isnotempty(v) ) then k = mw.ustring.gsub(k, '[^%w\-_ ]', '?') addresult(k) end elseif checkpos and type(k) == 'number' and knownargs[tostring(k)] == nil and ( not ignoreblank or isnotempty(v) ) then addresult(k) end end if #comments > 0 then commentstr = '<!-- Module:Check for unknown parameters results: ' .. table.concat(comments, ', ') .. '-->' end return table.concat(res) .. commentstr end return p