User:SmallJarsWithGreenLabels/regexes for language templating
Italics to transliterations
[edit]Find (?<=[ \[(,.\n"'])''([^']*)''(?=[ \)\],.\n"'])
Replace {{transl|lang code|$1}}
Notes:
- Must be replaced one by one so that non-transliterations can be skipped.
- Does not match bolded italics
Bold italics to transliterations
[edit]Find (?<=[ \[(,.\n"'])'''''([^']*)'''''(?=[ \)\],.\n"'])
Replace '''{{transl|lang code|$1}}'''
Hanzi to zh
[edit]Find ([一-龠。、 ]+)
Replace All {{lang|zh|$1}}
Notes:
- After replacing, search through all instances of
{{lang\|zh\|, making sure to detemplate any in ref names, file names, links, or other language templates - Not a worthwhile method on articles that heavily mix different CJKV scripts
Japanese
[edit]Find ([ァ-ヴぁ-ゔ一-龠。、 ーヶ〆〤々」「』『―）（]+)
Replace All {{lang|ja|$1}}
Notes: (as above)
- After replacing, search through all instances of
{{lang\|ja\|, making sure to detemplate any in ref names, file names, links, or other language templates - Not a worthwhile method on articles that heavily mix different CJKV scripts
Merge neighbouring lang templates
[edit]The commands above can cause a sentence written in one language to be split into multiple templates by spaces. Apply the following command to re-merge separated language templates:
Find {{lang\|([^\|]{0,4})\|([^}{]*)}}( ){{lang\|\1\|([^}{]*)}}
Replace All × n {{lang|$1|$2$3$4}}
Notes:
- Continue applying until there are zero matches