Add a magic word which returns the number of sections in a given article
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	Jan 31 2016, 5:51 PM

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For various uses, like simulation of section edit links or to have a count or something similar in section links it would be nice to have an {{NUMBEROFSECTIONS:Pagename}} magic word.

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MGChecker created this task.Jan 31 2016, 5:51 PM

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Which level of section? This can probably done by Lua.

I think it should be as it is internal, that mean every section is counted no matter which level it has.

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Aklapper renamed this task from Add a magic word wich returns the number of sections in a given article to Add a magic word which returns the number of sections in a given article.Jan 31 2016, 11:23 PM

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This can't be done, since the number of sections in a page isn't known until after parser functions get evaluated. Imagine a page that contained {{#ifeq:{{NUMBEROFSECTIONS:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}|0|== Section ==}}. This would cause a paradox.

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