Module:ProcessArgs

local p = {} function p.norm( origArgs ) if type( origArgs ) ~= 'table' then origArgs = mw.getCurrentFrame:getParent.args end local args = {} for k, v in pairs( origArgs ) do		v = mw.text.trim( tostring( v ) ) if v ~= '' then args[k] = v		end end return args end

function p.merge( origArgs, parentArgs, norm ) if type( origArgs ) ~= 'table' then norm = origArgs local f = mw.getCurrentFrame origArgs = f.args parentArgs = f:getParent.args end local args = {} for k, v in pairs( origArgs ) do		v = mw.text.trim( tostring( v ) ) if not norm or norm and v ~= '' then args[k] = v		end end for k, v in pairs( parentArgs ) do		v = mw.text.trim( v ) if ( not norm or norm and v ~= '' ) and not args[k] then args[k] = v		end end return args end

-- Usage: -- Calls the provided template with all the arguments available in the current context. -- For instance, if the template invokes this with a template 'B', and a page transcludes  and supplies arguments to it (, calling this will return the equivalent of function p.passThrough( frame )	return frame:expandTemplate{title = frame.args[1], args = mw.getCurrentFrame:getParent.args} end

return p