Module:TildeToPipe

Module:TildeToPipe

Utility module to perform text replacement of special characters.

This module provides the following function(s):

• main - replaces all tilde ~ characters in a string with pipe | characters.

Usage

This module is primarily used as a practical alternative to the pipe trick {{!}} when writing pipe characters directly inside template invocations or wikitables would otherwise be impractical or error-prone.

{{#invoke:TildeToPipe|main|Item 1~Item 2~Item 3}}

Output:

Item 1|Item 2|Item 3

Parameters

main

1

A string containing tildes ~ to be replaced with pipes |.

---

local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
    local input = frame.args[1]

    if not input or input == "" then return "" end

    -- replace all tildes with pipes
    input = input:gsub("~", "|")
    return input
end

return p