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add an escapePattern function for escaping Lua patterns
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return string.rep( frame.args[1] or '', repetitions )
end
--[[
escapePattern
This function escapes special characters from a Lua string pattern. See [1]
for details on how patterns work.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Patterns
Usage:
{{#invoke:String|escapePattern|pattern_string}}
Parameters
pattern_string: The pattern string to escape.
]]
function str.escapePattern( frame )
local pattern_str = frame.args[1]
if not pattern_str then
return str._error( 'No pattern string specified' );
end
local result = str._escapePattern( pattern_str )
return result
end
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