Module:Trim quotes

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Revision as of 19:19, 20 May 2019 by en>Johnuniq (mw.ustring is not needed to find apostrophe/quote; this is more efficient)
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local p = {}

function p._trim(s)
	if s then
		if s:match([[^(['"]).*%1$]]) then return p._trim(string.sub(s,2,-2)) else return s end
	else
		return ""
	end
end

function p.trim(frame)
	local s = (frame.args['s'] or frame.args[1]) or (frame:getParent().args['s'] or frame:getParent().args[1])
	return p._trim(s)
end

return p