मोड्युल:A or an

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local p = {}
local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local words = require('Module:A or an/words')

local find = mw.ustring.find
local gsub = mw.ustring.gsub
local lower = mw.ustring.lower
local match = mw.ustring.match

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 match(s, '^' .. v .. '$') then
			return true
		end
	end
end

function p._main(args)
	local s = args[1]
	local pron = 'a'
	local ret = ''
	
	if s and s ~= '' then
		s = gsub(s, '<%/?[A-Za-z]+[^>]*>', '') -- Remove HTML tags
		s = gsub(s, '%[%[[^%|]+%|(.-)%]%]', '%1') -- Remove wikilinks
		s = gsub(gsub(s, '%[%[', ''), '%]%]', '')
		s = gsub(s, '^["%$\'%(<%[%{¢-¥₠-B]+', '') -- Strip some symbols at the beginning
		s = match(s, '^%.?[0-9%u%l]+') or s -- Extract the first word
		
		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.
			then
				pron = 'an'
			end
		else
			s = lower(s) -- Uncapitalize
			if 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 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 .. ' ' .. args[1]
	end
	
	return ret
end

function p.main(frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame)
	return p._main(args)
end

return p