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require ('Module:No globals')
local data = mw.loadData ('Module:Sandbox/trappist the monk/month translator/data');
local langs = {'ca', 'de', 'es', 'pl', 'pt'};
local en_months = {'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'};
local month_names = {};
local patterns = {
{'^(%d%d?) +(%a+) +(%d%d%d%d%a?)$', 'd', 'm', 'y', 'dmy'}, -- dd Mmm yyyy
{'^(%d%d?) +de +(%a+) +de +(%d%d%d%d%a?)$', 'd', 'm', 'y', 'dmy'}, -- dd de Mmm de yyyy
{'^(%a+) +(%d%d%d%d%a?)$', 'm', 'y', nil, 'my'}, -- Mmm yyyy
{'^(%a+) +de +(%d%d%d%d%a?)$', 'm', 'y', nil, 'my'}, -- Mmm de yyyy
};
--[[--------------------------< M O N T H _ L I S T _ G E T >--------------------------------------------------
TODO: move this to a data module so that it can be mw.loadData()'d
]]
local function month_names_get()
for _, lang in ipairs (langs) do -- spin through the languages table
local lang_obj = mw.getLanguage (lang); -- make a language object for the current language
for i, en_month in ipairs (en_months) do -- spin through the English month-names table
month_names[lang_obj:formatDate('F', en_month):lower()] = en_month; -- translate the English name to the current language and store in the translations table
if 'pl' == lang then -- for polish and other languages that have nominative and genitive forms
month_names[lang_obj:formatDate('xg', en_month):lower()] = en_month; -- translate English to genitive form and save
end
end
end
end
local day, month, year;
month_names_get (); -- build month names list; TODO: move table creation into a data module
if 'dump' == frame.args[1] then -- frame.args[1] = 'dump' to dump month_names table;
return mw.dumpObject (data.month_names);
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
};
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
year= t.y or '';
if data.month_names[month:lower()] then -- look in translation table for non-English month name; TODO: add support for an override table for when MediaWiki is wrong
if 'dmy' == pattern[5] then -- for dmy dates
return table.concat ({day, data.month_names[month:lower()], year}, ' '); -- assemble an English language dmy date
elseif 'my' == pattern[5] then -- for month year dates
return table.concat ({data.month_names[month:lower()], year}, ' '); -- assemble an English language dmy date
end
end
break; -- and done; if here found pattern match but did not find non-English month name in month_names{}
end
end
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