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Revision as of 17:59, 7 October 2019

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:CountryAdjectiveDemonym/doc

local CountryNameDemonym = { }

local CountryNameDemonymDataLoaded = false

local CountryNameDemonymNameCounter = 0

local countryAdjectivesToNounsTable = {
}
local countryNounstoAdjectivesTable  = {
}

local countriesPrefixedByTheTable = {
}

function CountryNameDemonymDoLoadData()
	countriesPrefixedByTheTable = mw.loadData( 'Module:CountryNameDemonym/the' )
	countryNounstoAdjectivesTable = mw.loadData( 'Module:CountryNameDemonym/adjectives' )
	local myCounter = 0
	local myNoun, myAdj
	for myNoun, myAdj in pairs(countryNounstoAdjectivesTable) do
		countryAdjectivesToNounsTable[myAdj] = myNoun
		myCounter = myCounter + 1
	end
	CountryNameDemonymNameCounter = myCounter
	CountryNameDemonymDataLoaded = true
	return myCounter
end


-- ############### Publicly accesible functions #######################

-- if the country name is prefixed by "the" in running text,
-- then return that prefix
-- Otherwise just return an empty string
function CountryNameDemonym.countryPrefixThe(frame)
	local s = frame.args[1]
	if not CountryNameDemonymDataLoaded then
		CountryNameDemonymDoLoadData()
	end
	if (countriesPrefixedByTheTable[s] == true) then
		return "the "
	end
	return ""
end


function CountryNameDemonym.getCountryFromDemonym(frame)
	local s = frame.args[1]
	if not CountryNameDemonymDataLoaded then
		CountryNameDemonymDoLoadData()
	end
	local retval = countryAdjectivesToNounsTable[s]
	if retval == nil then
		return ""
	end
	return retval
end


function CountryNameDemonym.getDemonymFromCountry(frame)
	local s = frame.args[1]
	if not CountryNameDemonymDataLoaded then
		CountryNameDemonymDoLoadData()
	end
	local retval = countryNounstoAdjectivesTable[s]
	if retval == nil then
		return ""
	end
	return retval
end

function CountryNameDemonym.stripThe(frame)
	local s = frame.args[1]
	if s == nil then
		return ""
	end
	if mw.ustring.match( s, "^[T]he Gambia$") ~= nil then
		return s
	end
	local stripped = mw.ustring.gsub(s, "^[tT]he ", "")
	return stripped
end


return CountryNameDemonym