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added function "label" which capitalize only first letter for fetched wikidata labels d:Help:Label#Capitalization. Almost same as "sentence" function except that "label" doesn't lowering the rest of text. |
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return table.concat(words, " ") |
return table.concat(words, " ") |
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end |
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p.label = function (frame ) |
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-- Capitalizing only first letter for fetched Wikidata labels. |
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-- Wikidata English labels generally begin with a lowercase letter. [[:d:Help:Label#Capitalization]] |
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local s = mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" ) |
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if string.find(s, "^%[%[[^|]+|[^%]]+%]%]") then |
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-- this is a piped wikilink, so we capitalise the text, not the pipe |
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local b, c = string.find(s, "|%A*%a") -- find the first letter after the pipe |
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return string.sub(s, 1, c-1) .. string.upper(string.sub(s, c, c)) .. string.sub(s, c+1) |
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end |
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local letterpos = string.find(s, '%a') |
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if letterpos then |
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local first = string.sub(s, 1, letterpos - 1) |
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local letter = string.sub(s, letterpos, letterpos) |
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local rest = string.sub(s, letterpos + 1) |
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return first .. string.upper(letter) .. rest |
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else |
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return s |
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end |
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end |
end |
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Revision as of 02:54, September 17, 2017
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:String2/doc
local p = {}
p.upper = function(frame)
local s = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
return string.upper(s)
end
p.lower = function(frame)
local s = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
return string.lower(s)
end
p.sentence = function (frame )
local s = mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )
if string.find(s, "^%[%[[^|]+|[^%]]+%]%]") then
-- this is a piped wikilink, so we capitalise the text, not the pipe
local b, c = string.find(s, "|%A*%a") -- find the first letter after the pipe
return string.sub(s, 1, c-1) .. string.upper(string.sub(s, c, c)) .. string.sub(s, c+1)
end
local letterpos = string.find(s, '%a')
if letterpos then
local first = string.sub(s, 1, letterpos - 1)
local letter = string.sub(s, letterpos, letterpos)
local rest = string.sub(s, letterpos + 1)
return first .. string.upper(letter) .. string.lower(rest)
else
return s
end
end
p.title = function (frame )
-- http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles.html
-- recommended by The U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual:
-- "Capitalize all words in titles of publications and documents,
-- except a, an, the, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, and, as, but, or, and nor."
local alwayslower = {['a'] = 1, ['an'] = 1, ['the'] = 1,
['and'] = 1, ['but'] = 1, ['or'] = 1, ['for'] = 1,
['nor'] = 1, ['on'] = 1, ['in'] = 1, ['at'] = 1, ['to'] = 1,
['from'] = 1, ['by'] = 1, ['of'] = 1, ['up'] = 1 }
local res = ''
local s = mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )
local words = mw.text.split( s, " ")
for i, s in ipairs(words) do
s = string.lower( s )
if( i > 1 ) then
if( alwayslower[s] ~= 1 ) then
s = mw.getContentLanguage():ucfirst(s)
end
else
s = mw.getContentLanguage():ucfirst(s)
end
words[i] = s
end
return table.concat(words, " ")
end
p.label = function (frame )
-- Capitalizing only first letter for fetched Wikidata labels.
-- Wikidata English labels generally begin with a lowercase letter. [[:d:Help:Label#Capitalization]]
local s = mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )
if string.find(s, "^%[%[[^|]+|[^%]]+%]%]") then
-- this is a piped wikilink, so we capitalise the text, not the pipe
local b, c = string.find(s, "|%A*%a") -- find the first letter after the pipe
return string.sub(s, 1, c-1) .. string.upper(string.sub(s, c, c)) .. string.sub(s, c+1)
end
local letterpos = string.find(s, '%a')
if letterpos then
local first = string.sub(s, 1, letterpos - 1)
local letter = string.sub(s, letterpos, letterpos)
local rest = string.sub(s, letterpos + 1)
return first .. string.upper(letter) .. rest
else
return s
end
end
return p