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{{Module rating|release}}&lt;br /&gt;
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此模組提供簡易的處理從 {{Magic word|#invoke|...|ext=Scribunto|code=1|nowrap=1}} 傳來的參數。&lt;br /&gt;
它是一個元模組，供其他模組使用，不應該直接從{{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}中呼叫。&lt;br /&gt;
其功能包括：&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* 輕鬆修剪參數和移除空白參數。&lt;br /&gt;
* 可同時以當前的框架和父框架傳送參數。 (更多細節如下)。&lt;br /&gt;
* 參數可以直接從其他 Lua 模組或調試主控台傳入。&lt;br /&gt;
* 參數會在需要時取得，這有助於避免（某些）{{xtag|ref}} 標籤的問題。&lt;br /&gt;
* 大多數功能都可以自訂。&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== Basic use ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;First, you need to load the module.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;It contains one function, named &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In the most basic scenario, you can use &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; inside your main function.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The variable &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is a table containing the arguments from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(See below for details.)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = getArgs(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Main module code goes here.&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;However, the recommended practice is to use a function just for processing arguments from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This means that if someone calls your module from another Lua module you don&amp;#039;t have to have a frame object available, which improves performance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = getArgs(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	return p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Main module code goes here.&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If you want multiple functions to use the arguments, and you also want them to be accessible from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}, you can use a wrapper function.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function makeInvokeFunc(funcName)&lt;br /&gt;
	return function (frame)&lt;br /&gt;
		local args = getArgs(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
		return p[funcName](args)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
p.func1 = makeInvokeFunc(&amp;#039;_func1&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._func1(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Code for the first function goes here.&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
p.func2 = makeInvokeFunc(&amp;#039;_func2&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._func2(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Code for the second function goes here.&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=== Options ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The following options are available.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;They are explained in the sections below.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	trim = false,&lt;br /&gt;
	removeBlanks = false,&lt;br /&gt;
	valueFunc = function (key, value)&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Code for processing one argument&lt;br /&gt;
	end,&lt;br /&gt;
	frameOnly = true,&lt;br /&gt;
	parentOnly = true,&lt;br /&gt;
	parentFirst = true,&lt;br /&gt;
	wrappers = {&lt;br /&gt;
		&amp;#039;Template:A wrapper template&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
		&amp;#039;Template:Another wrapper template&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	},&lt;br /&gt;
	readOnly = true,&lt;br /&gt;
	noOverwrite = true&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trimming and removing blanks ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Blank arguments often trip up coders new to converting MediaWiki templates to Lua.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In template syntax, blank strings and strings consisting only of whitespace are considered &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;However, in Lua, blank strings and strings consisting of whitespace are considered &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This means that if you don&amp;#039;t pay attention to such arguments when you write your Lua modules, you might treat something as &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; that should actually be treated as &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To avoid this, by default this module removes all blank arguments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Similarly, whitespace can cause problems when dealing with positional arguments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Although whitespace is trimmed for named arguments coming from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}, it is preserved for positional arguments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Most of the time this additional whitespace is not desired, so this module trims it off by default.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;However, sometimes you want to use blank arguments as input, and sometimes you want to keep additional whitespace.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This can be necessary to convert some templates exactly as they were written.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If you want to do this, you can set the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;trim&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;removeBlanks&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; arguments to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	trim = false,&lt;br /&gt;
	removeBlanks = false&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=== Custom formatting of arguments ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Sometimes you want to remove some blank arguments but not others, or perhaps you might want to put all of the positional arguments in lower case.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To do things like this you can use the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;valueFunc&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The input to this option must be a function that takes two parameters, &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;key&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;value&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, and returns a single value.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This value is what you will get when you access the field &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;key&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; in the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Example 1:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This function preserves whitespace for the first positional argument, but trims all other arguments and removes all other blank arguments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	valueFunc = function (key, value)&lt;br /&gt;
		if key == 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
			return value&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif value then&lt;br /&gt;
			value = mw.text.trim(value)&lt;br /&gt;
			if value ~= &amp;#039;&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
				return value&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Example 2:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This function removes blank arguments and converts all arguments to lower case, but doesn&amp;#039;t trim whitespace from positional parameters.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	valueFunc = function (key, value)&lt;br /&gt;
		if not value then&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		value = mw.ustring.lower(value)&lt;br /&gt;
		if mw.ustring.find(value, &amp;#039;%S&amp;#039;) then&lt;br /&gt;
			return value&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|text=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The above functions will fail if passed input that is not of type &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;string&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; or &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;nil&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This might be the case if you use the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; function in the main function of your module, and that function is called by another Lua module.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In this case, you will need to check the type of your input.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This is not a problem if you are using a function specially for arguments from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}} (i.e. you have &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;p.main&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;p._main&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; functions, or something similar).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Collapse top|1=&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Examples 1 and 2 with type checking&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Example 1:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	valueFunc = function (key, value)&lt;br /&gt;
		if key == 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
			return value&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif type(value) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			value = mw.text.trim(value)&lt;br /&gt;
			if value ~= &amp;#039;&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
				return value&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				return nil&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return value&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Example 2:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	valueFunc = function (key, value)&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(value) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			value = mw.ustring.lower(value)&lt;br /&gt;
			if mw.ustring.find(value, &amp;#039;%S&amp;#039;) then&lt;br /&gt;
				return value&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				return nil&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return value&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Also, please note that the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;valueFunc&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; function is called more or less every time an argument is requested from the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table, so if you care about performance you should make sure you aren&amp;#039;t doing anything inefficient with your code.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=== Frames and parent frames ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Arguments in the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table can be passed from the current frame or from its parent frame at the same time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To understand what this means, it is easiest to give an example.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Let&amp;#039;s say that we have a module called &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Module:ExampleArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This module prints the first two positional arguments that it is passed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Collapse top|1=&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Module:ExampleArgs code&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local getArgs = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = getArgs(frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	return p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._main(args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local first = args[1] or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	local second = args[2] or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
	return first .. &amp;#039; &amp;#039; .. second&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return p&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Collapse bottom}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Module:ExampleArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is then called by &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Template:ExampleArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, which contains the code &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{#invoke:ExampleArgs|main|firstInvokeArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This produces the result &amp;quot;firstInvokeArg&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Now if we were to call &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Template:ExampleArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, the following would happen:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{(!}} class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width: 50em; max-width: 100%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 60%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Code&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 40%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Result&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg|secondTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg secondTemplateArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;There are three options you can set to change this behaviour: &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentFirst&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If you set &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; then only arguments passed from the current frame will be accepted; if you set &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; then only arguments passed from the parent frame will be accepted; and if you set &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentFirst&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; then arguments will be passed from both the current and parent frames, but the parent frame will have priority over the current frame.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Here are the results in terms of &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Template:ExampleArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dl&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dt&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/dt&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{(!}} class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width: 50em; max-width: 100%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 60%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Code&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 40%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Result&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg|secondTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dt&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/dt&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{(!}} class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width: 50em; max-width: 100%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 60%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Code&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 40%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Result&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstTemplateArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg|secondTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstTemplateArg secondTemplateArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dt&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentFirst&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/dt&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{(!}} class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width: 50em; max-width: 100%;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 60%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Code&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;width: 40%;&amp;quot; {{!}} &amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Result&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstInvokeArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstTemplateArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}}-&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{ExampleArgs|firstTemplateArg|secondTemplateArg}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{!}} firstTemplateArg secondTemplateArg&lt;br /&gt;
{{!)}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/dd&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/dl&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|text=&lt;br /&gt;
{{Ordered list&lt;br /&gt;
|1=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If you set both the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; options, the module won&amp;#039;t fetch any arguments at all from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This is probably not what you want.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|2=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In some situations a parent frame may not be available, e.g. if &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is passed the parent frame rather than the current frame.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In this case, only the frame arguments will be used (unless &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is set, in which case no arguments will be used) and the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentFirst&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; options will have no effect.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=== Wrappers ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;wrappers&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option is used to specify a limited number of templates as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wrapper templates&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, that is, templates whose only purpose is to call a module.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If the module detects that it is being called from a wrapper template, it will only check for arguments in the parent frame; otherwise it will only check for arguments in the frame passed to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This allows modules to be called by either {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}} or through a wrapper template without the loss of performance associated with having to check both the frame and the parent frame for each argument lookup.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For example, the only content of {{tlx|Navbox}} (excluding content in {{tag|noinclude}} tags) is &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{#invoke:Navbox|navbox}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;There is no point in checking the arguments passed directly to the {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}} statement for this template, as no arguments will ever be specified there.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We can avoid checking arguments passed to {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}} by using the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option, but if we do this then {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}} will not work from other pages either.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If this were the case, then {{tmpl|0={{para|text|$1}}|Some text}} in the code {{tmpl|0={{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:Navbox&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;|navbox|3=text=$1}}|Some text}} would be ignored completely, no matter what page it was used from.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By using the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;wrappers&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option to specify [[Template:Navbox]] as a wrapper, we can make {{tmpl|0={{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:Navbox&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;|main|3=text=$1}}|Some text}} work from most pages, while still not requiring that the module check for arguments on the [[Template:Navbox]] page itself.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Wrappers can be specified either as a string, or as an array of strings.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	wrappers = &amp;#039;Template:Wrapper template&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
local args = getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
	wrappers = {&lt;br /&gt;
		&amp;#039;Template:Wrapper 1&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
		&amp;#039;Template:Wrapper 2&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Any number of wrapper templates can be added here.&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
})&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|text=&lt;br /&gt;
{{Ordered list&lt;br /&gt;
|1=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The module will automatically detect if it is being called from a wrapper template&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;/sandbox&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; subpage, so there is no need to specify sandbox pages explicitly.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|2=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;wrappers&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option effectively changes the default of the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;frameOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; options.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If, for example, &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;parentOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; were explicitly set to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; with &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;wrappers&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; set, calls via wrapper templates would result in both frame and parent arguments being loaded, though calls not via wrapper templates would result in only frame arguments being loaded.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|3=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;wrappers&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; option is set and no parent frame is available, the module will always get the arguments from the frame passed to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;getArgs&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Writing to the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Sometimes it can be useful to write new values to the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This is possible with the default settings of this module.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(However, bear in mind that it is usually better coding style to create a new table with your new values and copy arguments from the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table as needed.)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;lua&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
args.foo = &amp;#039;some value&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;It is possible to alter this behaviour with the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;readOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;noOverwrite&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; options.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;readOnly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is set then it is not possible to write any values to the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table at all.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;noOverwrite&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is set, then it is possible to add new values to the table, but it is not possible to add a value if it would overwrite any arguments that are passed from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Ref tags ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This module uses [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual#Metatables|metatables]] to fetch arguments from {{tlc|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;#invoke:...&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;}}.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This allows access to both the frame arguments and the parent frame arguments without using the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;pairs()&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; function.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This can help if your module might be passed {{xtag|ref}} tags as input.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;As soon as {{xtag|ref}} tags are accessed from Lua, they are processed by the MediaWiki software and the reference will appear in the reference list at the bottom of the article.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If your module proceeds to omit the reference tag from the output, you will end up with a phantom reference - a reference that appears in the reference list, but no number that links to it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This has been a problem with modules that use &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;pairs()&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; to detect whether to use the arguments from the frame or the parent frame, as those modules automatically process every available argument.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This module solves this problem by allowing access to both frame and parent frame arguments, while still only fetching those arguments when it is necessary.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The problem will still occur if you use &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;pairs(args)&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; elsewhere in your module, however.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Known limitations ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The use of metatables also has its downsides.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Most of the normal Lua table tools won&amp;#039;t work properly on the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;args&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; table, including the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;#&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; operator, the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;next()&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; function, and the functions in the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; library.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span lang=&amp;quot;en&amp;quot; dir=&amp;quot;ltr&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;mw-content-ltr&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If using these is important for your module, you should use your own argument processing function instead of this module.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Tests ==&lt;br /&gt;
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