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Usage

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|GetURL|ticker}}

Module usage

• {{New York Stock Exchange}}
• {{NYSE link}}
• {{NYSE American}}
• {{NYSE Arca}}

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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