imported>RexxS: abbreviations don't need to be stored - convert can handle those

2016-04-29T16:52:09Z

abbreviations don't need to be stored - convert can handle those

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-- Demo of a module that takes a QID from a Wikidata unit entry
-- and returns the code for that unit which [[Template:Convert]] can accept
-- can also return the name of the unit, if required

local p = {}
require('Module:Sandbox/RexxS/Units')

p.sing = function(frame)
local QID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
if QID and unitByQid[QID] then
return unitByQid[QID].singular
else
return "singular not known"
end
end

p.plur = function(frame)
local QID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
if QID and unitByQid[QID] then
if unitByQid[QID].plural then
return unitByQid[QID].plural
elseif unitByQid[QID].singular then
-- no plural, but a singular exists, so add 's':
return unitByQid[QID].singular .. 's'
end
else
return "plural not known"
end
end

p.conv = function(frame)
local QID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
if QID and unitByQid[QID] then
return unitByQid[QID].convertcode
else
return "convert code not known"
end
end

return p

Module:Sandbox/RexxS/Unitsdemo - Revision history

imported>RexxS: abbreviations don't need to be stored - convert can handle those