Module:A or an: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:38, 17 January 2019

Revision as of 22:37, 30 December 2019

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local p = {}

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

local words = mw.loadData('Module:A or an/words')

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function p._main(args)

local s = args[1] and mw.text.trim(args[1])

local pron = 'a'

local ret = ''

if s and s ~= '' then

local origStr = s

s = gsub(s, '<%/?[A-Za-z]+[^>]*>', '') -- Remove HTML tags

s = gsub(s, '%[%[[^%|]+%|(.-)%]%]', '%1') -- Remove wikilinks

s = gsub(s, '<%/?[A-Za-z]+[^>]*->', '') -- Remove HTML tags

s = gsub(s, '%[%[[^%|]+%|(..-)%]%]', '%1') -- Remove wikilinks

s = gsub(gsub(s, '%[%[', ''), '%]%]', '')

s = gsub(s, '^["%$\'%(<%[%{¢-¥₠-₿]+', '') -- Strip some symbols at the beginning

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if find(s, '^[0-9]') then -- It begins with a number

s = match(s, '^[0-9]*+') -- Extract the number

if findWord(s, words['vNums']) then -- '18' etc.

pron = 'an'

end

elseif match(s, '^[0-9%u]*+$') then -- It looks like an acronym

if find(s, '^[' .. ucVvChars .. ']')

and not findWord(s, words['cvAcronyms']) -- Exclude 'NASA' etc.

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end

end

ret = pron .. ' ' .. args[1]origStr

end

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function p.main(frame)

return p._main(frame:getParent().args)

local args = getArgs(frame)

return p._main(args)

end