Module:Val
This module implements {{Val}}.
The following modules are developed:
- Module:Val • Main module.
- Module:Val/units • Definitions for units built-in to val.
Use {{val/sandbox}} for testing, for example:
{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|(23)|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678(23) cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678±1.23 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678+1.23
−4.56 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|e=3|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678×103 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|(23)|e=3|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678(23)×103 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|e=3|u=cm}}→ (1234.5678±1.23)×103 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|e=3|u=cm}}→ 1234.5678+1.23
−4.56×103 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|e=3|u=cm|end=$|+errend=U$|-errend=L$}}→ 1234.5678$+1.23U$
−4.56L$×103 cm{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|(23)|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678(23)°{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678°±1.23°{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678°+1.23°
−4.56°{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|e=3|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678°×103{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|(23)|e=3|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678(23)°×103{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|e=3|u=deg}}→ (1234.5678°±1.23°)×103{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|e=3|u=deg}}→ 1234.5678°+1.23°
−4.56°×103{{val/sandbox|1234.5678|1.23|4.56|e=3|u=deg|end=$|+errend=U$|-errend=L$}}→ 1234.5678$°+1.23U$°
−4.56L$°×103
local p = {}
local getArgs
local delimit_groups = require('Module:Gapnum').groups
-- Specific message for {{Val}} errors
local function valerror(msg, nocat)
local ret = mw.html.create('strong')
:addClass('error')
:wikitext('Error in {{Val}}: ' .. msg)
-- Not in talk, user, user_talk, or wikipedia_talk
if not nocat and not mw.title.getCurrentTitle():inNamespaces(1,2,3,5) then
ret:wikitext('[[Category:Pages with incorrect formatting templates use]]')
end
return tostring(ret)
end
-- true/false whether or not the string is a valid number
-- ignores parentheses and parity symbolts
local function validnumber(n)
-- Look for a number that may be surrounded by parentheses or may have +/-
n = mw.ustring.match(tostring(n), '^%(?[±%-%+]?([%d\.]+)%)?$')
return tonumber(n) ~= nil
end
function p.main(frame)
if not getArgs then
getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
end
local args = getArgs(frame, {wrappers = { 'Template:Val', 'Template:Val/sandboxlua' }})
local number = {n=args[1], nend=args['end']}
local nocat = args.nocategory
-- Error checking
if args[1] and not validnumber(args[1]) then
return valerror('first argument is not a valid number.',nocat)
end
if args[2] and not validnumber(args[2]) then
return valerror('second argument is not a valid number.',nocat)
end
if args[3] and not validnumber(args[3]) then
return valerror('third argument is not a valid number.',nocat)
end
-- Negative third param
if args[3] and (not mw.ustring.find(args[3],'[−%-]') or mw.ustring.find(args[3],'^%D0$')) then
return valerror('third argument is not negative.',nocat)
end
if args.e and not validnumber(args.e) then
return valerror('exponent argument (<b>e</b>) is not a valid number.',nocat)
end
if args.u and args.ul then
return valerror('unit (<b>u</b>) and unit with link (<b>ul</b>) are both specified, only one is allowed.',nocat)
end
if args.up and args.upl then
return valerror('unit per (<b>up</b>) and unit per with link (<b>upl</b>) are both specified, only one is allowed.',nocat)
end
-- Group arguments into related categories and unpack when needed
local uncertainty = {
upper = args[2],
lower = args[3],
errend = args.errend,
upperend = args['+errend'],
lowerend = args['-errend'],
}
local u_tbl = {
u = args.ul or args.u,
link = args.ul ~= nil,
per = args.upl or args.up,
per_link = args.upl ~= nil,
}
local misc_tbl = {
e = args.e,
pre = args.p,
suf = args.s,
fmt = args.fmt or '',
nocat = args.nocategory,
}
return p._main(number, uncertainty, u_tbl, misc_tbl)
end
local function get_builtin_unit(unitcode, definitions)
-- Return table of information for the specified built-in unit, or nil if not known.
-- Each defined unit code must be followed by two spaces (not tab characters).
local _, pos = definitions:find('\n' .. unitcode .. ' ', 1, true)
if pos then
local endline = definitions:find('\n', pos, true)
if endline then
local result = {}
local n = 0
local text = definitions:sub(pos, endline - 1)
for item in (text .. ' '):gmatch('(%S[^\n]-)%s%s') do
if item == 'NOSPACE' then
result.nospace = true
else
n = n + 1
if n == 1 then
result.symbol = item
elseif n == 2 then
result.link = item
else
break
end
end
end
if n == 2 then
return result
end
-- Ignore invalid definition, treating it as a comment.
end
end
end
local function get_unit(ucode, value, want_link, want_longscale)
local data = mw.loadData('Module:Val/units')
local result = want_longscale and
get_builtin_unit(ucode, data.builtin_units_long_scale) or
get_builtin_unit(ucode, data.builtin_units)
local lookup = require('Module:Convert/sandbox')._unit
local convert_unit = lookup(ucode, { value = value, link = want_link })
if result then
-- Have: result.symbol + result.link + result.nospace
if want_link then
result.text = '[[' .. result.link .. '|' .. result.symbol .. ']]'
else
result.text = result.symbol
end
result.sortkey = convert_unit.sortkey
else
result = {
text = convert_unit.text,
sortkey = convert_unit.sortkey,
}
end
return result
end
local function makeunit(ucode, options)
-- Return wikitext, sortkey for the requested unit and options.
-- LATER The sortkey does not account for any per unit.
local function bracketed(ucode, text)
return ucode:find('[*./]') and '(' .. text .. ')' or text
end
options = options or {}
local unit = get_unit(ucode, options.value, options.link, options.longscale)
local text = unit.text
local percode = options.per
if percode then
local perunit = get_unit(percode, 0, options.per_link, options.longscale)
text = bracketed(ucode, text) .. '/' .. bracketed(percode, perunit.text)
end
if not unit.nospace then
text = ' ' .. text
end
return text, unit.sortkey
end
-- TODO: Add other format options
local function delimit(n, fmt)
local prefix, num
if not fmt then fmt = '' end
fmt = fmt:lower()
-- look for + or - preceding the number
if n:find('[-+]') then
prefix, num = mw.ustring.match(n, '([-+])([%d.]+)')
else
num = n
end
-- integer and decimal parts of number
-- if there is no decimal part, delimit_groups only returns 1 table
local ipart, dpart = delimit_groups(num)
-- comma formatting
if fmt == 'commas' then
num = table.concat(ipart, ',')
if dpart then
dpart = table.concat(dpart)
num = num .. '.' .. dpart
end
-- No special formatting
elseif fmt == 'none' then
-- default to delimiting with .25em spaces
num = table.concat(ipart)
if dpart then
dpart = table.concat(dpart)
num = num .. '.' .. dpart
end
else
num = {}
num[1] = table.remove(ipart, 1)
for _, v in ipairs(ipart) do
table.insert(num, '<span style="margin-left:.25em">' .. v .. '</span>')
end
if dpart then
table.insert(num, '.' .. table.remove(dpart, 1))
for _, v in ipairs(dpart) do
table.insert(num, '<span style="margin-left:.25em">' .. v .. '</span>')
end
end
num = table.concat(num)
end
-- add prefix back if it had one
if prefix then
-- change hyphen to proper minus sign
if prefix == '-' then
prefix = '−'
end
num = prefix .. num
end
return tostring(num)
end
function p._main(number, uncertainty, u_tbl, misc_tbl)
-- format number
local fmt = misc_tbl.fmt
local n
if number.n then
n = delimit(number.n, fmt)
end
local e_10 = misc_tbl.e
-- number suffix
if n and number.nend then
n = n .. number.nend
end
-- Unit
local unit_text
if u_tbl.u then
unit_text = makeunit(u_tbl.u, {
link = u_tbl.link,
per = u_tbl.per,
per_link = u_tbl.per_link,
value = number.n,
longscale = nil, -- TODO set from 'long scale' parameter
})
end
-- Uncertainty
local unc
-- Upper and lower
local uncU, uncL = uncertainty.upper, uncertainty.lower
-- Whether or not the entire number needs to be wrapped in parentheses
-- true if:
---- the expontent parameter (e) is defined
---- AND
---- no lower uncertainty is defined
---- AND
---- upper uncertainty is defined and contains no parentheses
local paren_wrap = misc_tbl.e and (not uncL and (uncU and not uncU:find('%(')))
-- boolean to be defined and used later
local paren_uncertainty
-- Upper is always used, so look for it first
if uncU then
-- Look for lower uncertainty
if uncL then
-- Load the sup/sub module
local mSu = require('Module:Su')._main
-- Format upper and lower
uncU = delimit(uncU, fmt)
uncL = delimit(uncL, fmt)
-- If no exponent is defined, and there is a unit, add it
if not e_10 and unit_text then
uncU = uncU .. unit_text
uncL = uncL .. unit_text
end
-- Add the uncertainty suffixes here
uncU = uncU .. (uncertainty.upperend or '')
uncL = uncL .. (uncertainty.lowerend or '')
unc = '<span style="margin-left:0.3em;">' .. mSu(uncU, uncL) .. '</span>'
else
-- Look for parentheses surrounding upper uncertainty
local uncU_n = mw.ustring.match(uncU, ('%((.+)%)')) or uncU
-- If no parens, use ±
if uncU == uncU_n then
unc = '<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em">±</span>' .. delimit(uncU_n, fmt) .. '</span>'
-- Otherwise tidy the number and put it back in parentheses
-- Indicate parentheses were used (for later)
else
unc = '(' .. delimit(uncU_n, fmt) .. ')'
paren_uncertainty = true
end
-- Add error suffix
if uncertainty.errend then
unc = unc .. uncertainty.errend
end
-- Add unit if no exponent argument
if not e_10 and unit_text then
unc = unc .. unit_text
end
end
end
-- Add unit if no exponent argument and no parentheses for uncertainty
if not e_10 and unit_text and not paren_uncertainty then
n = (n or '') .. unit_text
end
-- If exponent defined, create 10<sup>e</sup>
-- Add unit if defined
if e_10 then
e_10 = '10<sup>' .. delimit(misc_tbl.e) .. '</sup>'
if n then
e_10 = '<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em">×</span>' .. e_10
end
if unit_text then
e_10 = e_10 .. unit_text
end
else
e_10 = ''
end
return table.concat({
'<span class="nowrap">',
misc_tbl.pre or '', -- prefix
paren_wrap and '(' or '', -- opening parenthesis if needed
n or '', -- number
unc or '', -- uncertainties
paren_wrap and ')' or '', -- closing parenthesis if needed
e_10, -- suffix -- 10^e if needed
misc_tbl.suf or '',
'</span>'
})
end
return p