Module:Deformat

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Deformat/doc

-- Function: Removes dollar-sign based formatting codes from a string.

local p = {}

function p.run(frame)
    -- Get the input text from the first argument of the template call.
    -- Defaults to an empty string if no argument is provided.
    local text = frame.args[1] or ''

    -- Pattern: \$(?:(\$)|[0-9a-fA-F]{2,3}|[lh]\[.*?\]|[lh]\[|.)
    local pattern = '\\$(?:(\\$)|\\[0-9a-fA-F]{2,3}|\\[lh]\\[.*?\\]|\\[lh]\\[|.)'
    
    -- Replace every match of the pattern with an empty string.
    local deformattedText = mw.ustring.gsub(text, pattern, '')

    return deformattedText
end

return p