RuneScape:Lua/Helper modules

This is a table of modules and functions that were created specifically for facilitating the creation of other modules. Documentation for modules here is done in the source code with Template:Helper module.

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Module	Function	Type	Use
Addcommas	_add(arg)	Number	Formats the number arg with commas
	_strip(arg)	Number	Removes all commas from arg
Edit button	(text)	string	Creates an edit button for the current page that the module is invoked on text defaults to "edit"
Exchange	_price(arg)	String	Gets the current median price of item named arg
	_value(arg)	String	Gets the value of item named arg
ExchangeLite	load(frame)	table of form {args={'item', 'dataType'} }	Lightweight version of Module:Exchange. Returns the data type requested for the specified item. Any of the fields of an exchange page can be used (see Exchange:Fire rune)
	price(item)	string	Takes an item name; returns the Grand Exchange price
Mainonly	_main(arg)	Any value	If the module is invoked in the content namespace, it will return arg, otherwise, it will return an empty string
	on_main()	N/A	Returns true if invoked in the content namespace, otherwise false
Number	_round(num, dp)	float, int	Rounds num to a precision given by dp, if dp is not specified, it defaults to zero.
	_short(str)	String	Convert numbers ending in k, m or b to the actual correct number. Example: 3.5k -> 3500
Paramtest	is_empty(arg)	String	Returns true if arg is not defined or contains only whitespace
	has_content(arg)	String	Returns true if arg exists and does not only contain whitespace
	default_to(arg1,arg2)	String, Any value	If arg1 exists and does not only contain whitespace, the function returns arg1, otherwise returns arg2
	defaults{ {arg1,arg2},...}	{String, Any value}...	Does the same as default_to() run over every table passed; for technical reasons, all nil are replaced with false
Reftag	{attr}	table	Table of attributes may include: name - A defined name for the ref group - A defined group for the ref text - The text inside the ref tags selfClosing - true or false; whether or not the tag will close itself
Yesno	(arg)	Any value	Reads arg for yes/no and returns the appropriate boolean or nil
	(arg1,arg2)	Any value, Any value	Reads arg1 for yes/no and returns the appropriate boolean; returns arg2 if arg1 was not an applicable value