Module:Char

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-- This function can substitute some critical leading characters
-- by their decimal numeric character references
-- to avoid their interpretion as wiki syntax

local ncr = {}

-- global / local; changes #/*/:/;  to \35/\42/\58/\59
function ncr.subst      ( frame )
	local gpar = frame.args
	local char = ''
	if gpar then char = mw.text.trim ( gpar[1] )-- global
		else	 char = mw.text.trim ( frame )	-- local
	end
	return mw.text.nowiki( char );
end

-- alias long function name for abbreviation 
function  ncr.substitute ( frame )
	local args  = frame.args
	local str   = args[1]
	return ncr.subst ( str )
end

return ncr;