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function p.hyphen_to_dash( str )

str = str:gsub mw.text.decode('&[nm]dash;'str, {['–']true = '–', ['—'] = '—'}); -- replace — and –html entities with their characters; semicolon mucks up the text.split

str = str:gsub ('&[nm]dash;', {['–'] = '–', ['—'] = '—'}); -- replace — and – entities with their characters; semicolon mucks up the text.split

str = str:gsub ('-', '-'); -- replace HTML numeric entity with hyphen character

str = str:gsub (' ', ' '); -- replace   entity with generic keyboard space character

local out = {};