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util/format.lua @ 10432:7b5a3de26f57 0.11

prosodyctl check: Warn about conflict between mod_vcard and mod_vcard_legacy (#1469)
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sat, 23 Nov 2019 23:10:39 +0100 (2019-11-23)
parent 8417:e88db5668cfb
child 9656:3da6cc927ee6
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--
-- A string.format wrapper that gracefully handles invalid arguments
--

local tostring = tostring;
local select = select;
local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113/unpack
local type = type;

local function format(formatstring, ...)
	local args, args_length = { ... }, select('#', ...);

	-- format specifier spec:
	-- 1. Start: '%%'
	-- 2. Flags: '[%-%+ #0]'
	-- 3. Width: '%d?%d?'
	-- 4. Precision: '%.?%d?%d?'
	-- 5. Option: '[cdiouxXaAeEfgGqs%%]'
	--
	-- The options c, d, E, e, f, g, G, i, o, u, X, and x all expect a number as argument, whereas q and s expect a string.
	-- This function does not accept string values containing embedded zeros, except as arguments to the q option.
	-- a and A are only in Lua 5.2+


	-- process each format specifier
	local i = 0;
	formatstring = formatstring:gsub("%%[^cdiouxXaAeEfgGqs%%]*[cdiouxXaAeEfgGqs%%]", function(spec)
		if spec ~= "%%" then
			i = i + 1;
			local arg = args[i];
			if arg == nil then -- special handling for nil
				arg = "<nil>"
				args[i] = "<nil>";
			end

			local option = spec:sub(-1);
			if option == "q" or option == "s" then -- arg should be string
				args[i] = tostring(arg);
			elseif type(arg) ~= "number" then -- arg isn't number as expected?
				args[i] = tostring(arg);
				spec = "[%s]";
			end
		end
		return spec;
	end);

	-- process extra args
	while i < args_length do
		i = i + 1;
		local arg = args[i];
		if arg == nil then
			args[i] = "<nil>";
		else
			args[i] = tostring(arg);
		end
		formatstring = formatstring .. " [%s]"
	end

	return formatstring:format(unpack(args));
end

return {
	format = format;
};