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Module:wlm-sortkey

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This module will sort Middle Welsh language text. The module should preferably not be called directly from templates or other modules. To use it from a template, use {{sortkey}}. Within a module, use Module:languages#Language:makeSortKey.

For testcases, see Module:wlm-sortkey/testcases.

Functions

makeSortKey(text, lang, sc)
Generates a sortkey for a given piece of text written in the script specified by the code sc, and language specified by the code lang.
When the sort fails, returns nil.
local export = {} local u = mw.ustring.char local a = u(0xF000)  local remove_diacritics = u(0x0300) .. "-" .. u(0x0302) .. u(0x0308) .. "'" -- grave, acute, circumflex, diaeresis, apostrophe  local oneChar = { ["k"] = "c" }  local twoChars = { ["ch"] = "c" .. a, ["dd"] = "d" .. a, ["ff"] = "f" .. a, ["ll"] = "l" .. a, ["ph"] = "p" .. a, ["rh"] = "r" .. a, ["th"] = "t" .. a }  local threeChars = { ["ngh"] = "g" .. a }  function export.makeSortKey(text, lang, sc) text = mw.ustring.lower(text)  for from, to in pairs(threeChars) do text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, from, to) end  for from, to in pairs(twoChars) do text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, from, to) end  return mw.ustring.upper(mw.ustring.toNFC(mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.toNFD(mw.ustring.gsub(text, ".", oneChar)), "[" .. remove_diacritics .. "]", ""))) -- decompose, remove appropriate diacritics, then recompose again end  return export