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-- Extracts certain types of strings from a larger string. Useful for passing data into Cargo tables.
local p = {}

-- Extracts the first instance of a number (a substring of continuous digits). Returns an empty string if none are found
function extractNumber(input)
local match = mw.ustring.match(input, "%d+")
if match == nil then
return ""
else
return match
end
end

function p.main(frame)
if frame.args[1] == "number" then
return extractNumber(frame.args[2])
else
return ""
end
end

return p

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