ਮੌਡਿਊਲ:String2

Module:String2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

The module String2 contains a number of string manipulation functions that are much less commonly used than those in Module:String. Because Module:String is cascade-protected (some of its functions are used on the Main Page), it cannot be edited or maintained by template editors, only by admins. While it is true that string-handling functions rarely need maintenance, it is useful to allow that by template editors where possible, so this module may be used by template editors to develop novel functionality.

The module contains three case-related calls that convert strings to first letter uppercase, sentence case or title case and two calls that are useful for working with substrings. There are other utility calls that strip leading zeros from padded numbers and transform text so that it is not interpreted as wikitext, and several other calls that solve specific problems for template developers such as finding the position of a piece of text on a given page.

The functions are designed with the possibility of working with text returned from Wikidata in mind. However, a call to Wikidata may return empty, so the functions should generally fail gracefully if supplied with a missing or blank input parameter, rather than throwing an error.

Functions

trim

The trim function simply trims whitespace characters from the start and end of the string.

title

The title function capitalises the first letter of each word in the text, apart from a number of short words recommended by The U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual: a, an, the, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, and, as, but, or, and nor.

sentence

The sentence function finds the first letter and capitalises it, then renders the rest of the text in lower case. It works properly with text containing wiki markup. Compare {{#invoke:String2|sentence|[[action game]]}} → Action game with {{ucfirst:{{lc:[[action game]]}}}} → action game. Piped wiki-links are handled as well:

  • {{#invoke:String2|sentence|[[trimix (breathing gas)|trimix]]}} → Trimix

So are lists:

  • {{#invoke:String2 |sentence |{{hlist ||[[apples]] |[[pears]] |[[oranges]]}}}}
    • Apples
    • pears
    • oranges

ucfirst

The ucfirst function is similar to sentence; it renders the first alphabetical character in upper case, but leaves the capitalisation of the rest of the text unaltered. This is useful if the text contains proper nouns, but it will not regularise sentences that are ALLCAPS, for example. It also works with text containing piped wiki-links and with html lists.

findlast

  • Function findlast finds the last item in a list.
  • The first unnamed parameter is the list. The list is trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace
  • The second, optional unnamed parameter is the list separator (default = comma space). The separator is not trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace (so that leading or trailing spaces can be used).
  • It returns the whole list if the separator is not found.

One potential issue is that using Lua special pattern characters (^$()%.[]*+-?) as the separator will probably cause problems.

Examples
CaseWikitextOutput
Normal usage{{#invoke:String2 |findlast | 5, 932, 992,532, 6,074,702, 6,145,291}}6,145,291
Space as separator{{#invoke:String2 |findlast | 5 932 992,532 6,074,702 6,145,291 }}5 932 992,532 6,074,702 6,145,291
One item list{{#invoke:String2 |findlast | 6,074,702 }}6,074,702
Separator not found{{#invoke:String2 |findlast | 5, 932, 992,532, 6,074,702, 6,145,291 |;}}5, 932, 992,532, 6,074,702, 6,145,291
List missing{{#invoke:String2 |findlast |}}

split

The split function splits text at boundaries specified by separator and returns the chunk for the index idx (starting at 1). It can use positional parameters or named parameters (but these should not be mixed):

  • {{#invoke:String2 |split |text |separator |index |true/false}}
  • {{#invoke:String2 |split |txt=text |sep=separator |idx=index |plain=true/false}}

Any double quotes (") in the separator parameter are stripped out, which allows spaces and wikitext like ["[ to be passed. Use {{!}} for the pipe character |.

If the optional plain parameter is set to false / no / 0 then separator is treated as a Lua pattern. The default is plain=true, i.e. normal text matching.

The index parameter is optional; it defaults to the first chunk of text.

The Template:Stringsplit is a convenience wrapper for the split function.

stripZeros

The stripZeros functions finds the first number in a string of text and strips leading zeros, but retains a zero which is followed by a decimal point. For example: "0940" → "940"; "Year: 0023" → "Year: 23"; "00.12" → "0.12"

nowiki

The nowiki function ensures that a string of text is treated by the MediaWiki software as just a string, not code. It trims leading and trailing whitespace.

val2percent

The val2percent functions scans through a string, passed as either the first unnamed parameter or |txt=, and converts each number it finds into a percentage, then returns the resulting string.

one2a

The one2a function scans through a string, passed as either the first unnamed parameter or |txt=, and converts each occurrence of 'one ' into either 'a ' or 'an ', then returns the resultant string.

The Template:One2a is a convenience wrapper for the one2a function.

findpagetext

The findpagetext function returns the position of a piece of text in the wikitext source of a page. It takes up to four parameters:

  • First positional parameter or |text is the text to be searched for.
  • Optional parameter |title is the page title, defaults to the current page.
  • Optional parameter |plain is either true for a plain search (default), or false for a Lua pattern search.
  • Optional parameter |nomatch is the value returned when no match is found; default is nothing.
Examples
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=Youghiogheny}}
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=Youghiogheny |nomatch=not found}} → not found
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=Youghiogheny |title=Boston Bridge |nomatch=not found}} → not found
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=river |title=Boston Bridge |nomatch=not found}} → not found
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=[Rr]iver |title=Boston Bridge |plain=false |nomatch=not found}} → not found
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=%[%[ |title=Boston Bridge |plain=f |nomatch=not found}} → not found
{{#invoke:String2 |findpagetext |text=%{%{[Cc]oord |title=Boston Bridge |plain=f |nomatch=not found}} → not found

The search is case-sensitive, so Lua pattern matching is needed to find river or River. The last example finds {{coord and {{Coord. The penultimate example finds a wiki-link.

The Template:Findpagetext is a convenience wrapper for this function.

strip

The strip function strips the first positional parameter of the characters or pattern supplied in the second positional parameter.

matchAny

The matchAny function returns the index of the first positional parameter to match the source parameter. If the plain parameter is set to false (default true) then the search strings are Lua patterns. This can usefully be put in a switch statement to pick a switch case based on which pattern a string matches. Returns the empty string if nothing matches, for use in {{#if}}.

{{#invoke:String2|matchAny|123|abc|source=abc 124}} returns 2.

hyphen2dash

Extracted hyphen_to_dash() function from Module:Citation/CS1.

Converts a hyphen to a dash under certain conditions. The hyphen must separate like items; unlike items are returned unmodified. These forms are modified:

  • letter - letter (A - B)
  • digit - digit (4-5)
  • digit separator digit - digit separator digit (4.1-4.5 or 4-1-4-5)
  • letterdigit - letterdigit (A1-A5) (an optional separator between letter and digit is supported – a.1-a.5 or a-1-a-5)
  • digitletter - digitletter (5a - 5d) (an optional separator between letter and digit is supported – 5.a-5.d or 5-a-5-d)

Any other forms are returned unmodified.

The input string may be a comma- or semicolon-separated list. Semicolons are converted to commas.

{{#invoke:String2|hyphen2dash|1=1-2}} returns 1–2.

{{#invoke:String2|hyphen2dash|1=1-2; 4–10}} returns 1–2, 4–10.

Accept-this-as-written markup is supported, e.g. {{#invoke:String2|hyphen2dash|1=((1-2)); 4–10}} returns 1-2, 4–10.

By default, a normal space is inserted after the separating comma in lists. An optional second parameter allows to change this to a different character (i.e. a thin space or hair space).

startswith

A startswith function similar to {{#invoke:string|endswith}}. Both parameters are required, although they can be blank. Leading and trailing whitespace is counted, use named parameters to avoid this if required. Outputs "yes" for true and blank for false so may be passed directly to #if.

MarkupRenders as
{{#invoke:string2|startswith|search|se}}

yes

{{#invoke:string2|startswith|search|ch}}

Usage

  • {{#invoke:String2 | sentence |…}} - Capitalizes the first character and shifts the rest to lowercase
    • Although similar to magic words' {{ucfirst:}} function, this call works even with piped wiki-links because it searches beyond leading brackets and other non-alphanumeric characters.
    • It now also recognises when it has an html list passed to it and capitalises the first alphabetic letter beyond the list item markup (<li>) and any piped links that may be there.
  • {{#invoke:String2 | ucfirst |…}} - Capitalizes the first alphabetic character and leaves the rest unaltered
    • Works with piped wiki-links and html lists
  • {{#invoke:String2 | title |…}} - Capitalizes all words, except for a, an, the, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, and, as, but, or, and nor.
  • {{#invoke:String2 | stripZeros |…}} - Removes leading padding zeros from the first number it finds in the string
  • {{#invoke:String2 | title |…}} - Renders the string as plain text without wikicode

Parameters

These functions take one unnamed parameter comprising (or invoking as a string) the text to be manipulated:

  • title
  • sentence
  • ucfirst

Examples

InputOutput
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | abcd }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | abCD }}AbCD
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | ABcd }}ABcd
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | ABCD }}ABCD
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | 123abcd }}123abcd
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | }}
{{#invoke:String2| ucfirst | human X chromosome }}Human X chromosome
 
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | abcd }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | abCD }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | ABcd }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | ABCD }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | [[action game]] }}Action game
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | [[trimix (breathing gas)|trimix]] }}Trimix
{{#invoke:String2 | sentence | {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue
| P136 |fetchwikidata=ALL |onlysourced=no |qid=Q1396889}} }}
ਰੋਮਾਂ ਆ ਕਲੇ, satirical fiction, ਨੀਤੀਕਥਾ, dystopian fiction edit on wikidata
{{#invoke:String2 | sentence | {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue
| P106 |fetchwikidata=ALL |list=hlist |qid=Q453196}} }}
  • Geologist
  • ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਅਧਿਆਪਕ
  • ਲੇਖਕ
  • ਸੰਪਾਦਕ
  • educator edit on wikidata
{{#invoke:String2| sentence | }}
 
{{#invoke:String2| title | abcd }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| title | abCD }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| title | ABcd }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| title | ABCD }}Abcd
{{#invoke:String2| title | }}
{{#invoke:String2| title | the vitamins are in my fresh california raisins}}The Vitamins Are in My Fresh California Raisins

String split

Template:String split is a convenience wrapper for the split function.

  • {{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |" "}} → This
  • {{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |" "| 4}} → piece
  • {{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |x| 2}} → t to be split

Modules may return strings with | as separators like this: {{#invoke:carousel | main | name = WPDogs | switchsecs = 5 }} → (2)BIR Grupp 7- KORTHÅRIG VORSTEH, J Björnkärrets Hertzogin Aida (24208119306).jpg|German Shorthaired Pointer

  • {{String split |{{#invoke:carousel | main | name = WPDogs | switchsecs = 5 }}|{{!}}| 2}} → German Shorthaired Pointer

Lua patterns can allow splitting at classes of characters such as punctuation:

  • {{String split |Apples, pears, oranges; Cats, dogs|"%p"| 2 |false}} → pears
  • {{String split |Apples, pears, oranges; Cats, dogs|"%p"| 4 |false}} → Cats

Or split on anything that isn't a letter (no is treated as false):

  • {{String split |Apples pears oranges; Cats dogs|"%A+"| 4 |no}} → Cats

Named parameters force the trimming of leading and trailing spaces in the parameters and are generally clearer when used:

  • {{String split | txt=Apples pears oranges; Cats dogs | sep="%A+" | idx=3 | plain=false }} → oranges

One2a

Template:One2a is a convenience wrapper for the one2a function.

Capitalisation is kept. Aimed for usage with {{Convert}}.

  • {{one2a |One foot. One mile. One kilometer. One inch.One amp. one foot. one mile. one inch. Alone at last. Onely the lonely. ONE ounce. One monkey.}}
A foot. A mile. A kilometer. An inch.An amp. a foot. a mile. an inch. Alone at last. Onely the lonely. ONE ounce. A monkey.
  • {{convert|1|ft|spell=on}} → ਇੱਕ foot (ਜ਼ੀਰੋ point ਤਿੰਨ ਜ਼ੀਰੋ metres)
  • {{one2a|{{convert|1|ft|spell=on}}}} → ਇੱਕ foot (ਜ਼ੀਰੋ point ਤਿੰਨ ਜ਼ੀਰੋ metres)
  • {{convert|2.54|cm|0|disp=out|spell=on}} → ਇੱਕ inch
  • {{one2a|{{convert|2.54|cm|0|disp=out|spell=on}}}} → ਇੱਕ inch

See also

Module:String for the following functions:

  • len
  • sub
  • sublength
  • match
  • pos
  • str_find
  • find
  • replace
  • rep

Templates and modules related to capitalization

  • {{R from other capitalisation}} – for categorizing WP:Redirects from titles to article (or other pages) where the redirect is just a different capitalization
  • {{Template capitalization}} – ??
  • Module:String2

Magic words that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed, not as entered):

  • {{lc:}} – lower case output of the full text
  • {{uc:}} – upper case output of the full text
  • {{lcfirst:}} – lower case output of the first character only
  • {{ucfirst:}} – upper case output of the first character only


Templates that implement <nowiki>


local p = {}p.trim = function(frame)return mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")endp.sentence = function (frame)-- {{lc:}} is strip-marker safe, string.lower is not.frame.args[1] = frame:callParserFunction('lc', frame.args[1])return p.ucfirst(frame)endp.ucfirst = function (frame )local s =  mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )local s1 = ""-- if it's a list chop off and (store as s1) everything up to the first <li>local lipos = mw.ustring.find(s, "<li>" )if lipos thens1 = mw.ustring.sub(s, 1, lipos + 3)s = mw.ustring.sub(s, lipos + 4)end-- s1 is either "" or the first part of the list markup, so we can continue-- and prepend s1 to the returned stringlocal letterposif mw.ustring.find(s, "^%[%[[^|]+|[^%]]+%]%]") then-- this is a piped wikilink, so we capitalise the text, not the pipelocal __, letterpos = mw.ustring.find(s, "|%W*%w") -- find the first letter after the pipeelseletterpos = mw.ustring.find(s, '%w')endif letterpos thenlocal first = mw.ustring.sub(s, 1, letterpos - 1)local letter = mw.ustring.sub(s, letterpos, letterpos)local rest = mw.ustring.sub(s, letterpos + 1)return s1 .. first .. mw.ustring.upper(letter) .. restelsereturn s1 .. sendendp.title = function (frame )-- http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles.html-- recommended by The U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual:-- "Capitalize all words in titles of publications and documents,-- except a, an, the, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, and, as, but, or, and nor."local alwayslower = {['a'] = 1, ['an'] = 1, ['the'] = 1,['and'] = 1, ['but'] = 1, ['or'] = 1, ['for'] = 1,['nor'] = 1, ['on'] = 1, ['in'] = 1, ['at'] = 1, ['to'] = 1,['from'] = 1, ['by'] = 1, ['of'] = 1, ['up'] = 1 }local res = ''local s =  mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )local words = mw.text.split( s, " ")for i, s in ipairs(words) do-- {{lc:}} is strip-marker safe, string.lower is not.s = frame:callParserFunction('lc', s)if i == 1 or alwayslower[s] ~= 1 thens = mw.getContentLanguage():ucfirst(s)endwords[i] = sendreturn table.concat(words, " ")end-- findlast finds the last item in a list-- the first unnamed parameter is the list-- the second, optional unnamed parameter is the list separator (default = comma space)-- returns the whole list if separator not foundp.findlast = function(frame)local s =  mw.text.trim( frame.args[1] or "" )local sep = frame.args[2] or ""if sep == "" then sep = ", " endlocal pattern = ".*" .. sep .. "(.*)"local a, b, last = s:find(pattern)if a thenreturn lastelsereturn sendend-- stripZeros finds the first number and strips leading zeros (apart from units)-- e.g "0940" -> "940"; "Year: 0023" -> "Year: 23"; "00.12" -> "0.12"p.stripZeros = function(frame)local s = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")local n = tonumber( string.match( s, "%d+" ) ) or ""s = string.gsub( s, "%d+", n, 1 )return send-- nowiki ensures that a string of text is treated by the MediaWiki software as just a string-- it takes an unnamed parameter and trims whitespace, then removes any wikicodep.nowiki = function(frame)local str = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")return mw.text.nowiki(str)end-- split splits text at boundaries specified by separator-- and returns the chunk for the index idx (starting at 1)-- #invoke:String2 |split |text |separator |index |true/false-- #invoke:String2 |split |txt=text |sep=separator |idx=index |plain=true/false-- if plain is false/no/0 then separator is treated as a Lua pattern - defaults to plain=truep.split = function(frame)local args = frame.argsif not(args[1] or args.txt) then args = frame:getParent().args endlocal txt = args[1] or args.txt or ""if txt == "" then return nil endlocal sep = (args[2] or args.sep or ""):gsub('"', '')local idx = tonumber(args[3] or args.idx) or 1local plain = (args[4] or args.plain or "true"):sub(1,1)plain = (plain ~= "f" and plain ~= "n" and plain ~= "0")local splittbl = mw.text.split( txt, sep, plain )if idx < 0 then idx = #splittbl + idx + 1 endreturn splittbl[idx]end-- val2percent scans through a string, passed as either the first unnamed parameter or |txt=-- it converts each number it finds into a percentage and returns the resultant string.p.val2percent = function(frame)local args = frame.argsif not(args[1] or args.txt) then args = frame:getParent().args endlocal txt = mw.text.trim(args[1] or args.txt or "")if txt == "" then return nil endlocal function v2p (x)x = (tonumber(x) or 0) * 100if x == math.floor(x) then x = math.floor(x) endreturn x .. "%"endtxt = txt:gsub("%d[%d%.]*", v2p) -- store just the stringreturn txtend-- one2a scans through a string, passed as either the first unnamed parameter or |txt=-- it converts each occurrence of 'one ' into either 'a ' or 'an ' and returns the resultant string.p.one2a = function(frame)local args = frame.argsif not(args[1] or args.txt) then args = frame:getParent().args endlocal txt = mw.text.trim(args[1] or args.txt or "")if txt == "" then return nil endtxt = txt:gsub(" one ", " a "):gsub("^one", "a"):gsub("One ", "A "):gsub("a ([aeiou])", "an %1"):gsub("A ([aeiou])", "An %1")return txtend-- findpagetext returns the position of a piece of text in a page-- First positional parameter or |text is the search text-- Optional parameter |title is the page title, defaults to current page-- Optional parameter |plain is either true for plain search (default) or false for Lua pattern search-- Optional parameter |nomatch is the return value when no match is found; default is nilp._findpagetext = function(args)-- process parameterslocal nomatch = args.nomatch or ""if nomatch == "" then nomatch = nil end--local text = mw.text.trim(args[1] or args.text or "")if text == "" then return nil end--local title = args.title or ""local titleobjif title == "" thentitleobj = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()elsetitleobj = mw.title.new(title)end--local plain = args.plain or ""if plain:sub(1, 1) == "f" then plain = false else plain = true end-- get the page content and look for 'text' - return position or nomatchlocal content = titleobj and titleobj:getContent()return content and mw.ustring.find(content, text, 1, plain) or nomatchendp.findpagetext = function(frame)local args = frame.argslocal pargs = frame:getParent().argsfor k, v in pairs(pargs) doargs[k] = vendif not (args[1] or args.text) then return nil end-- just the first valuereturn (p._findpagetext(args))end-- returns the decoded url. Inverse of parser function {{urlencode:val|TYPE}}-- Type is:-- QUERY decodes + to space (default)-- PATH does no extra decoding-- WIKI decodes _ to spacep._urldecode = function(url, type)url = url or ""type = (type == "PATH" or type == "WIKI") and typereturn mw.uri.decode( url, type )end-- {{#invoke:String2|urldecode|url=url|type=type}}p.urldecode = function(frame)return mw.uri.decode( frame.args.url, frame.args.type )end-- what follows was merged from Module:StringFunc-- helper functionsp._GetParameters = require('Module:GetParameters')-- Argument list helper function, as per Module:Stringp._getParameters = p._GetParameters.getParameters-- Escape Pattern helper function so that all characters are treated as plain text, as per Module:Stringfunction p._escapePattern( pattern_str)return mw.ustring.gsub( pattern_str, "([%(%)%.%%%+%-%*%?%[%^%$%]])", "%%%1" )end-- Helper Function to interpret boolean strings, as per Module:Stringp._getBoolean = p._GetParameters.getBoolean--[[StripThis function Strips characters from stringUsage:{{#invoke:String2|strip|source_string|characters_to_strip|plain_flag}}Parameterssource: The string to stripchars:  The pattern or list of characters to strip from string, replaced with ''plain:  A flag indicating that the chars should be understood as plain text. defaults to true.Leading and trailing whitespace is also automatically stripped from the string.]]function p.strip( frame )local new_args = p._getParameters( frame.args,  {'source', 'chars', 'plain'} )local source_str = new_args['source'] or ''local chars = new_args['chars'] or '' or 'characters'source_str = mw.text.trim(source_str)if source_str == '' or chars == '' thenreturn source_strendlocal l_plain = p._getBoolean( new_args['plain'] or true )if l_plain thenchars = p._escapePattern( chars )endlocal resultresult = mw.ustring.gsub(source_str, "["..chars.."]", '')return resultend--[[Match anyReturns the index of the first given pattern to match the input. Patterns must be consecutively numbered.Returns the empty string if nothing matches for use in {{#if:}}Usage:{{#invoke:String2|matchAll|source=123 abc|456|abc}} returns '2'.Parameters:source: the string to searchplain:  A flag indicating that the patterns should be understood as plain text. defaults to true.1, 2, 3, ...: the patterns to search for]]function p.matchAny(frame)local source_str = frame.args['source'] or error('The source parameter is mandatory.')local l_plain = p._getBoolean( frame.args['plain'] or true )for i = 1, math.huge dolocal pattern = frame.args[i]if not pattern then return '' endif mw.ustring.find(source_str, pattern, 1, l_plain) thenreturn tostring(i)endendend--[[--------------------------< H Y P H E N _ T O _ D A S H >--------------------------------------------------Converts a hyphen to a dash under certain conditions.  The hyphen must separatelike items; unlike items are returned unmodified.  These forms are modified:letter - letter (A - B)digit - digit (4-5)digit separator digit - digit separator digit (4.1-4.5 or 4-1-4-5)letterdigit - letterdigit (A1-A5) (an optional separator between letter anddigit is supported – a.1-a.5 or a-1-a-5)digitletter - digitletter (5a - 5d) (an optional separator between letter anddigit is supported – 5.a-5.d or 5-a-5-d)any other forms are returned unmodified.str may be a comma- or semicolon-separated list]]function p.hyphen_to_dash( str, spacing )if (str == nil or str == '') thenreturn strendlocal acceptstr = mw.text.decode(str, true )-- replace html entities with their characters; semicolon mucks up the text.splitlocal out = {}local list = mw.text.split (str, '%s*[,;]%s*')-- split str at comma or semicolon separators if there are anyfor _, item in ipairs (list) do-- for each item in the listitem = mw.text.trim(item)-- trim whitespaceitem, accept = item:gsub ('^%(%((.+)%)%)$', '%1')if accept == 0 and mw.ustring.match (item, '^%w*[%.%-]?%w+%s*[%-–—]%s*%w*[%.%-]?%w+$') then-- if a hyphenated range or has endash or emdash separatorsif item:match ('^%a+[%.%-]?%d+%s*%-%s*%a+[%.%-]?%d+$') or-- letterdigit hyphen letterdigit (optional separator between letter and digit)item:match ('^%d+[%.%-]?%a+%s*%-%s*%d+[%.%-]?%a+$') or-- digitletter hyphen digitletter (optional separator between digit and letter)item:match ('^%d+[%.%-]%d+%s*%-%s*%d+[%.%-]%d+$') or-- digit separator digit hyphen digit separator digititem:match ('^%d+%s*%-%s*%d+$') or-- digit hyphen digititem:match ('^%a+%s*%-%s*%a+$') then-- letter hyphen letteritem = item:gsub ('(%w*[%.%-]?%w+)%s*%-%s*(%w*[%.%-]?%w+)', '%1–%2')-- replace hyphen, remove extraneous space characterselseitem = mw.ustring.gsub (item, '%s*[–—]%s*', '–')-- for endash or emdash separated ranges, replace em with en, remove extraneous whitespaceendendtable.insert (out, item)-- add the (possibly modified) item to the output tableendlocal temp_str = table.concat (out, ',' .. spacing)-- concatenate the output table into a comma separated stringtemp_str, accept = temp_str:gsub ('^%(%((.+)%)%)$', '%1')-- remove accept-this-as-written markup when it wraps all of concatenated outif accept ~= 0 thentemp_str = str:gsub ('^%(%((.+)%)%)$', '%1')-- when global markup removed, return original str; do it this way to suppress boolean second return valueendreturn temp_strendfunction p.hyphen2dash( frame )local str = frame.args[1] or ''local spacing = frame.args[2] or ' ' -- space is part of the standard separator for normal spacing (but in conjunction with templates r/rp/ran we may need a narrower spacingreturn p.hyphen_to_dash(str, spacing)end-- Similar to [[Module:String#endswith]]function p.startswith(frame)return (frame.args[1]:sub(1, frame.args[2]:len()) == frame.args[2]) and 'yes' or ''endreturn p