Module:Month translator: Difference between revisions

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require ('Module:No globalsstrict')

local getArgs = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs;

local data = mw.loadData ('Module:Sandbox/trappist the monk/month translator/data');

--[[--------------------------< _ M O N T H _ X L A T E >--------------------------------------------------------

{{#invoke:Sandbox/trappist the monk/monthMonth translator|month_xlate|<date>}}

]]

local function month_xlate_month_xlate (frameargs_t)

local t = {};

local day, month, year;

if 'dump' == frame.argsargs_t[1] then -- frame.argsargs_t[1] = 'dump' to dump month_names<month_names_t> table;

return mw.dumpObject (data.month_namesmonth_names_t);

end

if not args_t[1] then return nil end

for i, pattern in ipairs (data.patterns) do -- spin through the patterns table looking for a match

local c1, c2, c3; -- captures in the 'pattern' from the pattern table go here

c1, c2, c3 = mw.ustring.match (mw.text.trim (frame.argsargs_t[1]), pattern[1]); -- one or more captures set if source matches patterns[i][1])

if c1 then -- c1 always set on match

t = {

[pattern[2] or 'x'] = c1, -- fill the table of captures with the captures

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day = t.d or ''; -- translate table contents to named variables;

month = mw.ustring.lower (t.m or ''); -- absent table entries are nil so set unused parts to empty string; lowercase for indexing

month = data.override_names[month] or data.month_namesmonth_names_t[month]; -- replace non-English name with English name from translation tables

year= t.y or '';

if month then

local df = table.concat ({pattern[2], ''pattern[3], 2pattern[4]}, ''); -- extract date format from pattern table (pattern[2], pattern[3], pattern[4])

-- if 'dmy' == pattern[5] then -- for dmy dates

if 'dmy' == df then -- for dmy dates

return table.concat ({day, month, year}, ' '); -- assemble an English language dmy date

-- elseif 'my' == pattern[5]df then -- for month year dates

elseif 'my' == df then -- for month year dates

return table.concat ({month, year}, ' '); -- assemble an English language dmy date

-- ifelseif 'dmymdy' == pattern[5]df then -- for dmymdy dates

return string.format ('%s %s, %s', month, day, year); -- assemble an English language mdy date

elseif 'mym' == df then -- formust be month year(only valid option datesremaining)

return month; -- none of the above, return the translated month;

end

end

break; -- and done; if here found pattern match but did not find non-English month name in month_names{}<month_names_t>

end

end

return frame.argsargs_t[1]; -- if here, couldn't translate so return the original date

end

--[[--------------------------< M O N T H _ X L A T E >--------------------------------------------------------

{{#invoke:Month translator|month_xlate|<date>}}

]]

local function month_xlate (frame)

return _month_xlate (getArgs (frame));

end

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]]

return {
month_xlate = month_xlate};,

_month_xlate = _month_xlate

};