Module:Cat

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Cat/doc

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs

local p = {}

-- Turns arguments into a string "[[Category:Cat1]][[Category:Cat2]]..."
-- Expects double quotes around each category name
function p.toCategories(frame)
    local args = getArgs(frame)
    local unparsed = args[1]
    local cats = ""
    for quoted_cat in unparsed.gmatch("\".+\"") do
        -- Trim quotes first
        cat = string.sub(quoted_cat, 2, -2)
        cats = cats .. "[[Category:" .. cat .. "]]"
    end
    return frame:preprocess(cats)
end

return p