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The script at Module:LuaCall has been written to accept any set of named parameters somename=value, for each one storing the string value in the variable with the name somename, and then allowing you to use these variables as parameters for any function available in Lua.
String operations trade space for time. Don't repeatedly concatenate onto the end of a string. Build up its individual parts in a table and use table.concat (). * by the reciprocal is faster than /. return and break can only occur at the end of a block. There's no continue. There's no goto. next is a global variable, not a keyword. By default ...
Also, unlike wp:templates which can be run interactively by edit-preview, the Lua script must be tested by show-preview (or run preview) of another page which uses a template which #invokes the Lua module being edited. In general, make one small change at a time, do a run show-preview, and save after a few good changes to have a version to ...
The module also uses string.format to join the strings together, but you could just as easily use .., Lua's concatenation operator. ( 'ab' .. 'cd' will give you the string "abcd".) The sandbox is simpler, but it isn't as elegant if something goes wrong - try putting a bad code into both of them to see what I mean.
This Lua module is used on approximately 5,990,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
Help:Lua for beginners; Help:Lua debugging – about debugging Lua modules; Wikipedia:Lua style guide – standards to improve the readability of code through consistency; Module:Sandbox provides a pseudo-namespace for experimenting with Lua modules
Scribunto Lua reference manual; Programming in Lua; Introduction to Lua patterns; About regex. Lua "patterns" are based on Regex (Patterns are a reduced set of regex). Help:Lua metamodules: Lua in Wikipedia has several meta-modules available that can make core functions easily available.
This Lua module is used on approximately 5,990,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox .