Module:Check for conflicting parameters

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local p = {}

local function trim(s)
	return s:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')
end

local function isnotempty(s)
	return s and s:match('%S')
end

-- Wraps the call into Module:If preview so a missing/incompatible copy of
-- that module (no '_warning' export, or not present at all) can't crash
-- this module. Falls back to always rendering the warning text directly.
local function renderWarning(msgTable)
	local ok, ifPreview = pcall(require, 'Module:If preview')
	if ok and type(ifPreview) == 'table' and type(ifPreview._warning) == 'function' then
		local ok2, result = pcall(ifPreview._warning, msgTable)
		if ok2 then
			return result
		end
	end
	-- Fallback: Module:If preview isn't available (or doesn't expose
	-- _warning) on this wiki, so just show the warning unconditionally
	-- instead of throwing a Lua error.
	return '<strong class="error">' .. table.concat(msgTable, '<br>') .. '</strong>'
end

function p.check(frame)
	local args = frame.args
	local pargs = frame:getParent().args
	local checknested = isnotempty(args['nested'])
	local delimiter = isnotempty(args['delimiter']) and args['delimiter'] or ';'
	local argpairs = {}

	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		if type(k) == 'number' then
			local plist = mw.text.split(v, delimiter)
			local pfound = {}
			local count = 0
			for ii, vv in ipairs(plist) do
				vv = trim(vv)
				if checknested and pargs[vv] or isnotempty(pargs[vv]) then
					count = count + 1
					table.insert(pfound, vv)
				end
			end
			if count > 1 then
				table.insert(argpairs, pfound)
			end
		end
	end

	local warnmsg = {}
	local res = ''
	local cat = ''
	if args['cat'] and mw.ustring.match(args['cat'],'^[Cc][Aa][Tt][Ee][Gg][Oo][Rr][Yy]:') then
		cat = args['cat']
	end
	local template = args['template'] and ' in ' .. args['template']  or ''
	if #argpairs > 0 then
		for i, v in ipairs( argpairs ) do
			table.insert(
				warnmsg,
				mw.ustring.format(
					'Using more than one of the following parameters%s: <code>%s</code>.',
					template,
					table.concat(v, '</code>, <code>')
				)
			)
			if cat ~= '' then
				res = res .. '[[' .. cat .. '|' .. (v[1] == '' and ' ' or '') .. v[1] .. ']]'
			end
		end
	end

	if #warnmsg > 0 then
		res = renderWarning(warnmsg) .. res
	end

	return res
end

return p