Module:String2
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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 "" )
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
return p