Lua: Difference between revisions

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{{Feature

|~~explains~~= ~~Lua~~

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|description=Lua is used to give template authors more functionality than available through [[Parser functions]]. The debate to use [[JavaScript]] or [[Lua]] was settled in 2012. Lua can be used to analyze data, calculate expressions, and format results using functions stored in so-called 'modules' in the wiki.

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|feature title=Lua

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{{#set:feature description = Lua is used to give template authors more functionality than available through [[Parser functions]]. The debate to use [[JavaScript]] or [[Lua]] was settled in 2012. Lua can be used to analyze data, calculate expressions, and format results using functions stored in so-called 'modules' in the wiki. }}

Lua is a programming language that is now available, via the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto Scribunto MediaWiki extension], on the English Wikipedia (and on this wiki). Lua code can now be embedded into wiki templates by employing the "<nowiki>{{#invoke:}}</nowiki>" functionality of the Scribunto MediaWiki extension.

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[[Category:Programming]]

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 {{Feature
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-|description=Lua is used to give template authors more functionality than available through [[Parser functions]].  The debate to use [[JavaScript]] or [[Lua]] was settled in 2012. Lua can be used to analyze data, calculate expressions, and format results using functions stored in so-called 'modules' in the wiki.
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-|notes=
+|feature title=Lua
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 }}
+{{#set:feature description = Lua is used to give template authors more functionality than available through [[Parser functions]].  The debate to use [[JavaScript]] or [[Lua]] was settled in 2012. Lua can be used to analyze data, calculate expressions, and format results using functions stored in so-called 'modules' in the wiki. }}
+{{#set:feature notes =  }}
+{{#set:feature tests =  }}
+{{#set:feature examples =  }}
 Lua is a programming language that is now available, via the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto Scribunto MediaWiki extension], on the English Wikipedia (and on this wiki). Lua code can now be embedded into wiki templates by employing the "<nowiki>{{#invoke:}}</nowiki>" functionality of the Scribunto MediaWiki extension.
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 [[Category:Programming]]
-[[Category:wiki]]
+[[Category:Wiki]]