Module:Respell/sandbox

 localp={}

 functionp._main(args)
 localret={}
 fori,vinipairs(args)do
 v=mw.text.trim(v)
 -- Compatibility: Ignore arguments that only contain an apostrophe
 ifv~=''andv~="'"then
 ifret[#ret]
 andnot(ret[#ret]:find('_')orret[#ret]:find('%-%)?$'))
 andnot(v:find('_')orv:find('^%(?%-'))
 then
 table.insert(ret,'-')
 end
 ifv:find('^[%u%(%)]+$')then
 v='<span style="font-size:90%">'..v..'</span>'
 end
 table.insert(ret,v)
 end
 end
 ret='<i title="English pronunciation respelling">'..
 table.concat(ret):gsub('_',' ')
 -- Avoid dangling hyphens
 :gsub(' %-',' -&#8288;')
 :gsub('^%-','-&#8288;')
 ..'</i>'
 ifargs.link~='no'then
 ret='[[Help:Pronunciation respelling key|'..ret..']]'
 end
 returnret
 end

 functionp.main(frame)
 returnp._main(frame:getParent().args)
 end

 returnp