Module:See also

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--[[
-- This module produces a "See also: a, b, and c" link. It implements the
-- template {{see also}}.
--]]

local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local mTableTools -- lazily initialise
local mArguments -- lazily initialise

local p = {}

function p.seealso(frame)
	mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools')
	mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
	local args = mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true})
	local pages = {}
	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		if type(k) == 'number' then
			local numstring = tostring(k)
			local display = args['label ' .. numstring]
				or args['l' .. numstring]
			local page = {v, display}
			pages[k] = page
		end
	end
	pages = mTableTools.compressSparseArray(pages)
	if not pages[1] then
		return mHatnote.makeWikitextError(
			'no page names specified',
			'Template:See also#Errors',
			args.category
		)
	end
	local options = {
		altphrase = args.altphrase,
		selfref = args.selfref
	}
	return p._seealso(options, unpack(pages))
end

function p._seealso(options, ...)
	local altphrase = options and options.altphrase or 'See also'
	local links = mHatnote.formatPageTables(...)
	-- Use semicolons if any links contain a comma
	local separator = ', '
	for k, v in pairs(links) do
		if string.find(v, ',') then
			separator = '; '
			break
		end
	end
	-- Apply the Oxford comma in general
	-- Insert comma after every item if the first item contains a section link.
	if table.getn(links) >= 3 or string.find(links[1], ' § ') then
		links = mw.text.listToText(links, separator, (separator .. 'and '))
	else
		links = mw.text.listToText(links, ' and ')
	end
	local text = altphrase .. ': ' .. links

	-- Pass options through.
	local hnOptions = {}
	hnOptions.selfref = options.selfref

	return mHatnote._hatnote(text, hnOptions)
end

return p

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