Module:Reply to

local p = {} local htmlerror = require('Module:Error').error

function p.replyto(frame) local origArgs = frame:getParent.args local args = {} local maxArg = 0 local usernames = 0 for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do		if type(k) == 'number' then if v:match('%S') then if k > maxArg then maxArg = k end usernames = usernames + 1 local title = mw.title.new(v) if not title then return htmlerror{'Error in Template:Reply to: Input contains forbidden characters.'} end args[k] = title.baseText end else args[k] = v		end end

if usernames < 1 then if frame.args.example then args[1] = frame.args.example else return htmlerror{'Error in Template:Reply to: Username not given.'} end end

if usernames > (tonumber(frame.args.max) or 50) then return htmlerror{'Error in Template:Reply to: More than '..tostring(frame.args.max or 50)..' names specified.'} else local isfirst = true local outStr = ' ' for i = 1, maxArg do			if args[i] then if isfirst then outStr = outStr..(args['prefix'] or '@')....((args['label1'] or args['label']) or args[i]).. isfirst = false else if ( (usernames > 2) or ((usernames == 2) and (args['c'] == '')) ) then outStr = outStr.."," end if i == maxArg then outStr = outStr.." "..(args['c'] or "and") end outStr = outStr.." "..(args['label'..tostring(i)] or args[i]).."" end end end outStr = outStr..(args['p'] or ":").." " return outStr end end

return p