Module:Stock tickers/NYSE/sandbox
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Usage
[edit]If you supply a NYSE stock ticker to the function. It will return a URL to that stock's listing on NYSE.com.
{{#invoke:Stock tickers/NYSE|GetURL|ticker}}
Module usage
[edit]{{New York Stock Exchange}}{{NYSE link}}{{NYSE American}}{{NYSE Arca}}
local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local p = {}
function p.GetURL(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
return p._GetURL(args)
end
function p._GetURL(args)
local ticker = args[1]
-- Get corrected ticker
ticker = p.FormatTickerURL(ticker)
-- NYSE official URL
url = 'https://www.nyse.com/quote/XXXX:' .. ticker
return url
end
function p.FormatTickerURL(ticker)
-- Convert to upper case
ticker = string.upper(ticker)
-- NYSE.com formats for preferred shares / when issued
-- Example: Input: PRE.PRD, Output: PREpD
ticker = string.gsub(ticker, "%.PR", "p")
ticker = string.gsub(ticker, "%.WI", "w")
return ticker
end
return p