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p = {} local function MultiReplace(args) local input = args[1] or "{{{1}}}" local plain = args.plain == "yes" local i = 1 local changeList = {} while args[i * 2] do local change = {pattern = args[i * 2], repl = args[i * 2 + 1]} if not change.repl then return require('Module:Error').error{ 'MultiReplace: Unpaired argument: <code>' .. (i * 2) .. ' = ' .. change.pattern .. '</code>' } end changeList[i] = change i = i + 1 end local matchList = {} local pos = 1 local len = mw.ustring.len(input) local result = "" while pos <= len do local bestStart = len + 1 local bestStop = len local bestChange for _, change in ipairs(changeList) do local start, stop = mw.ustring.find(input, change.pattern, pos, plain) if start and (start < bestStart) then bestStart = start bestStop = stop bestChange = change end end result = result .. mw.ustring.sub(input, pos, bestStart - 1) if bestChange then local fragment = mw.ustring.sub(input, bestStart, bestStop) result = result .. (plain and bestChange.repl or mw.ustring.gsub(fragment, bestChange.pattern, bestChange.repl, 1)) end pos = bestStop + 1 end return result end function p.main(frame, ...) local args = type(frame) ~= 'table' and {frame, ...} or type(frame.args) ~= 'table' and frame or frame.args[1] and frame.args or frame:getParent().args return MultiReplace(args) end return p
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