Module:Month translator: Difference between revisions

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require ('Module:No globalsstrict')

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

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local day, month, year;

if 'dump' == args_t[1] then -- args_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

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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 '';

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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