local units_tbl = mw.loadData('Module:Convert/data').all_units
function get_unit(_u)
local c_unit = units_tbl[_u]
if c_unit then
if c_unit.target then
c_unit = convert_data[c_unit.target]
end
return {abbr=c_unit.symbol or _u, link=c_unit.link or c_unit.name1 or _u, symlink=c_unit.symlink}
else
return {abbr=u, link=u}
end
end
return function (u, tbl)
if not tbl then
tbl = {}
end
local per = tbl.per
local link = tbl.link
local perl = tbl.per_link
local unit = get_unit(u)
if link and unit.symlink then
unit = unit.symlink
elseif link then
unit = '[['..unit.link..'|'..unit.abbr..']]'
else
unit = unit.abbr
end
if per then
-- Look for "*" "." or "/"
-- If found, add parentheses
if u:find('[%*%.%/]') then
unit = '('..unit..')'
end
local per_u = get_unit(per_u)
if perl and per_u.symlink then
per_u = per_u.symlink
elseif perl then
per_u = '[['..per_u..'|'..per_u.abbr..']]'
else
per_u = per_u.abbr
end
-- Look for "*" "." or "/"
-- If found, add parentheses
if per:find('[%*%.%/]') then
per_u = '('..per_u..')'
end
unit = unit..'/'..per_u
end
if not unit.nospace then
unit = ' '..unit
end
return unit
end
