webmcp
view framework/env/format/string.lua @ 28:ea2e8f3a2776
allow webmcp path to be set in cgi script
this allows another script to include the webmcp script when the cwd is not the cgi-bin. the script needs to set the WEBMCP_PATH variable.
this allows another script to include the webmcp script when the cwd is not the cgi-bin. the script needs to set the WEBMCP_PATH variable.
| author | Daniel Poelzleithner <poelzi@poelzi.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun Sep 19 01:36:08 2010 +0200 (2010-09-19) |
| parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 |
| children | 0c4841af07a5 |
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1 --[[--
2 text = -- a string
3 format.string(
4 value, -- any value where tostring(value) gives a reasonable result
5 {
6 nil_as = nil_text -- text to be returned for a nil value
7 }
8 )
10 Formats a value as a text by calling tostring(...), unless the value is nil, in which case the text returned is chosen by the 'nil_as' option.
12 --]]--
14 function format.string(str, options)
15 local options = options or {}
16 if str == nil then
17 return options.nil_as or ""
18 else
19 return tostring(str)
20 end
21 end