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<translate>This module provides a consistent interface for processing boolean or boolean-style string input.</translate>
<translate><!--T:1--> This module provides a consistent interface for processing boolean or boolean-style string input.</translate>
<translate>While Lua allows the <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar> boolean values, wikicode templates can only express boolean values through strings such as <tvar name=3>"1"</tvar>, <tvar name=4>"0"</tvar>, <tvar name=5>"yes"</tvar>, <tvar name=6>"no"</tvar>, etc.</translate>
<translate><!--T:2--> While Lua allows the <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar> boolean values, wikicode templates can only express boolean values through strings such as <tvar name=3>"1"</tvar>, <tvar name=4>"0"</tvar>, <tvar name=5>"yes"</tvar>, <tvar name=6>"no"</tvar>, etc.</translate>
<translate>This module processes these kinds of strings and turns them into boolean input for Lua to process.</translate>
<translate><!--T:3--> This module processes these kinds of strings and turns them into boolean input for Lua to process.</translate>
<translate>It also returns <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> values as <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>, to allow for distinctions between <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:4--> It also returns <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> values as <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>, to allow for distinctions between <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> and <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate>The module also accepts other Lua structures as input, i.e. booleans, numbers, tables, and functions.</translate>
<translate><!--T:5--> The module also accepts other Lua structures as input, i.e. booleans, numbers, tables, and functions.</translate>
<translate>If it is passed input that it does not recognise as boolean or <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>, it is possible to specify a default value to return.</translate>
<translate><!--T:6--> If it is passed input that it does not recognise as boolean or <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>, it is possible to specify a default value to return.</translate>


== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==
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<translate><tvar name=1><code>value</code></tvar> is the value to be tested.</translate>
<translate><!--T:7--> <tvar name=1><code>value</code></tvar> is the value to be tested.</translate>
<translate>Boolean input or boolean-style input (see below) always evaluates to either <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar> or <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>, and <tvar name=3><code>nil</code></tvar> always evaluates to <tvar name=3><code>nil</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:8--> Boolean input or boolean-style input (see below) always evaluates to either <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar> or <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>, and <tvar name=3><code>nil</code></tvar> always evaluates to <tvar name=3><code>nil</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate>Other values evaluate to <tvar name=1><code>default</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:9--> Other values evaluate to <tvar name=1><code>default</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate>
<translate>
== Usage ==
== Usage == <!--T:10-->
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<translate>First, load the module. Note that it can only be loaded from other Lua modules, not from normal wiki pages.</translate>
<translate><!--T:11--> First, load the module. Note that it can only be loaded from other Lua modules, not from normal wiki pages.</translate>
<translate>For normal wiki pages you can use <tvar name=1>{{tlx|yesno}}</tvar> instead.</translate>
<translate><!--T:12--> For normal wiki pages you can use <tvar name=1>{{tlx|yesno}}</tvar> instead.</translate>


<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
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<translate>Some input values always return <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar>, and some always return <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:13--> Some input values always return <tvar name=1><code>true</code></tvar>, and some always return <tvar name=2><code>false</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> values always return <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>.</translate>
<translate><!--T:14--> <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> values always return <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar>.</translate>


<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-- <translate nowrap>These always return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:15--> These always return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('yes')
yesno('yes')
yesno('y')
yesno('y')
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yesno(true)
yesno(true)


-- <translate nowrap>These always return <tvar name=1>false</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:16--> These always return <tvar name=1>false</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('no')
yesno('no')
yesno('n')
yesno('n')
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yesno(false)
yesno(false)


-- <translate nowrap>A <tvar name=1>nil</tvar> value always returns <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:17--> A <tvar name=1>nil</tvar> value always returns <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>:</translate>
yesno(nil)
yesno(nil)
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<translate>
<translate>
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String values are converted to lower case before they are matched:
String values are converted to lower case before they are matched:
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</translate>
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-- <translate nowrap>These always return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:19--> These always return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('Yes')
yesno('Yes')
yesno('YES')
yesno('YES')
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yesno('tRuE')
yesno('tRuE')


-- <translate nowrap>These always return <tvar name=1>false</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:20--> These always return <tvar name=1>false</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('No')
yesno('No')
yesno('NO')
yesno('NO')
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<translate>You can specify a default value if <tvar name=1><code>yesno</code></tvar> receives input other than that listed above.</translate>
<translate><!--T:21--> You can specify a default value if <tvar name=1><code>yesno</code></tvar> receives input other than that listed above.</translate>
<translate>If you don't supply a default, the module will return <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> for these inputs.</translate>
<translate><!--T:22--> If you don't supply a default, the module will return <tvar name=1><code>nil</code></tvar> for these inputs.</translate>


<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-- <translate nowrap>These return <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:23--> These return <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('foo')
yesno('foo')
yesno({})
yesno({})
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yesno(function() return 'This is a function.' end)
yesno(function() return 'This is a function.' end)


-- <translate nowrap>These return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:24--> These return <tvar name=1>true</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('foo', true)
yesno('foo', true)
yesno({}, true)
yesno({}, true)
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yesno(function() return 'This is a function.' end, true)
yesno(function() return 'This is a function.' end, true)


-- <translate nowrap>These return <tvar name=1>"bar"</tvar>:</translate>
-- <translate nowrap><!--T:25--> These return <tvar name=1>"bar"</tvar>:</translate>
yesno('foo', 'bar')
yesno('foo', 'bar')
yesno({}, 'bar')
yesno({}, 'bar')
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<translate>
<!--T:26-->
Note that the blank string also functions this way:
Note that the blank string also functions this way:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
yesno('') -- <translate nowrap>Returns <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>.</translate>
yesno('') -- <translate nowrap><!--T:27--> Returns <tvar name=1>nil</tvar>.</translate>
yesno('', true) -- <translate nowrap>Returns <tvar name=1>true</tvar>.</translate>
yesno('', true) -- <translate nowrap><!--T:28--> Returns <tvar name=1>true</tvar>.</translate>
yesno('', 'bar') -- <translate nowrap>Returns <tvar name=1>"bar"</tvar>.</translate>
yesno('', 'bar') -- <translate nowrap><!--T:29--> Returns <tvar name=1>"bar"</tvar>.</translate>
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<translate>Although the blank string usually evaluates to false in wikitext, it evaluates to true in Lua.</translate>
<translate><!--T:30--> Although the blank string usually evaluates to false in wikitext, it evaluates to true in Lua.</translate>
<translate>This module prefers the Lua behaviour over the wikitext behaviour.</translate>
<translate><!--T:31--> This module prefers the Lua behaviour over the wikitext behaviour.</translate>
<translate>If treating the blank string as false is important for your module, you will need to remove blank arguments at an earlier stage of processing.</translate>
<translate><!--T:32--> If treating the blank string as false is important for your module, you will need to remove blank arguments at an earlier stage of processing.</translate>
<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
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