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local p = {} local words = mw.loadData('Module:A or an/words') local lcVChars = 'aeiouà-æè-ïò-öø-üāăąēĕėęěĩīĭįıijōŏőœũūŭůűų' local ucVvChars = 'AEFHILMNORSXÀ-ÆÈ-ÏÒ-ÖØĀĂĄĒĔĖĘĚĨĪĬĮıIJŌŎŐŒÑĤĦĹĻĽĿŁŃŅŇŊŔŖŘŚŜŞ' local function findWord(s, t) for i, v in ipairs(t) do if mw.ustring.find(s, '^' .. v .. '$') then return true end end end function p._main(args) local s = args[1] and mw.text.trim(args[1]) local pron = 'a' local ret = '' if s and s ~= '' then local origStr = s s = mw.ustring.gsub(s, '</?[A-Za-z][^>]->', '') -- Remove HTML tags s = mw.ustring.gsub(s, '%[%[[^%|]+%|(..-)%]%]', '%1') -- Remove wikilinks s = mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.gsub(s, '%[%[', ''), '%]%]', '') s = mw.ustring.gsub(s, '^["%$\'%(<%[%{¢-¥₠-₿]+', '') -- Strip some symbols at the beginning s = mw.ustring.match(s, '^%.?[0-9%u%l]+') or s -- Extract the first word if mw.ustring.find(s, '^[0-9]') then -- It begins with a number s = mw.ustring.match(s, '^[0-9]+') -- Extract the number if findWord(s, words.vNums) then -- '18' etc. pron = 'an' end elseif mw.ustring.match(s, '^[0-9%u]+$') then -- It looks like an acronym if mw.ustring.find(s, '^[' .. ucVvChars .. ']') and not findWord(s, words.cvAcronyms) -- Exclude 'NASA' etc. or findWord(s, words.vvAcronyms) -- 'UNRWA' etc. then pron = 'an' end else s = mw.ustring.lower(s) -- Uncapitalize if mw.ustring.find(s, '^['.. lcVChars .. ']') then -- It begins with a vowel if not findWord(s, words.vcWords) -- Exclude 'euro' etc. or findWord(s, words.vvWords) -- But not 'Euler' etc. then pron = 'an' end elseif args.variety and mw.ustring.lower(args.variety) == 'us' -- 'herb' etc. and findWord(s, words.cvWordsUS) or findWord(s, words.cvWords) -- 'hour' etc. then pron = 'an' end end ret = pron .. ' ' .. origStr end return ret end function p.main(frame) return p._main(frame:getParent().args) end return p
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