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local function citation(frame) -- creates citation function
local p = {};
local function cite(frame) -- creates citation function
local pframe = frame:getParent() -- creating a way to access parameters from a template
local pframe = frame:getParent() -- creating a way to access parameters from a template
local styles;
local styles;
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local author = frame.args.author
local author = frame.args.author
local title = frame.args.title
local title = frame.args.title
return author .. ". " .. title
end
end
return author .. ". " .. title

Revision as of 01:38, 26 October 2021

local p = {};
local function cite(frame)								-- creates citation function
	local pframe = frame:getParent()						-- creating a way to access parameters from a template
	local styles;
	local args = {};										-- creating a table to store all arguments from the template
	local config = {};										-- creating a table to store parameters from the module {{#invoke:}}
	for k, v in pairs( frame.args ) do						-- getting parameters from the module frame
		config[k] = v;
	end
	for k, v in pairs( pframe.args ) do						-- processing every key-value pair from the template arguments
		v = mw.ustring.gsub (v, '^%s*(.-)%s*$', '%1');		-- trim leading/trailing whitespace; when v is only whitespace, becomes empty string
		args[k] = v;
	end
	local author = frame.args.author
	local title = frame.args.title
end

return author .. ". " .. title