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// This script is a copy of [[:en:User:GregU/dashes.js|dashes script]] written by GregU for use at English Wikipedia. // It may be modified or updated by me, User:Ohconfucius, from time to time, as GregU is no longer active at en.WP // Fix hyphens, dashes, and minus signs per [[MOS:DASH]]. // // See talk page for instructions. // // The user can disable these conversions by putting "nodashes" somewhere // in the text — either temporarily or permanently. You can similarly add // "scores" if the score-detection heuristic doesn't trigger automatically. // // This tool can be used standalone until it is added to AutoEd and wikEd. // This module should follow unicodify.js if it is used. // Testing page is at [[User:GregU/dashes.js/tests]]. // Please report false positives on the talk page. function autoEdDashes (str) { if (str.search(/nodashes/i) >= 0) return str; var scpat = /\bscores?\b|\[\[Category:.*\b(sport|athlet|players|teams|games|league|champion|tournament|competit|cup\b|\w+ball\b|hockey|lacrosse|cricket|rugby|tennis|golf|polo|boxing|boxers|martial.art|chess)/i; var scoresAreLikely = (str.search(scpat) >= 0); // Ensure the replacement isn't a link such as [[FOO - BAR]] before // replacing it, so that we don't break the link. But we do want to // replace dashes used in the right-side label part of links. Also, // don't break templates, URLs, DOIs, {{#expr:}}, <math> equations, // source code, or <ref name="13-70">. // function ifNotLink (str) { var pos = arguments[ arguments.length - 2 ]; var string = arguments[ arguments.length - 1 ]; var pat = /\[\[[^|\]]*$|\{\{[^|}]*$|[:\/%][^\s|>]+$|<[^>]*$|#\w*expr:.*$/i; if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat) >= 0) return str; // it's a link, so don't change it var pat2 = /\{\{(main|see|detail|about|for\b|other|redir|conv|coor|sort)[^}]*$/i; if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat2) >= 0) return str; // likely templates with page-name or neg params var m = string.slice(pos).search(/<\/?(math|pre|code|tt|source|syntaxhighlight)\b/i); if (m >= 0 && string.charAt(pos+m+1) == '/') return str; // don't break a <math> equation, or source code if (string.slice(pos).search(/^[^|{}[\]<>\n]*\.[a-z]{3,4}\s*[|}]|^.*hyphen/i) >= 0) return str; // it's a file name parameter, or <!--sic hyphen--> if (str.search(/[ |(>][-–]\b/) >= 0) return str.replace(/[-–]/, "−"); // minus sign else return str.replace(/--+\b/g, "—") . replace(/[-–−]+/g, "–"); // dash } str = str.replace(/\s--?\s/g, ifNotLink); // en dash looks better str = str.replace(/[a-z\d]---?[a-z\d]/ig, ifNotLink); // em dash str = str.replace(/\d\d\d]*}*[-−](present|current)\b/ig, ifNotLink); // 1973-present str = str.replace(/[^\w−-](18|19|20)\d\d]*}*[-−][^\w−-]/g, ifNotLink); // (1973-) str = str.replace(/\d(s|%|\?|''')[-−]\d/g, ifNotLink); // 1950s-1960s, 40%-50% str = str.replace(/\d[-−](\$|'+)\d/g, ifNotLink); // $40-$50, 7-'''4''', '49-'53 str = str.replace(/[½⅓⅔¼¾⅛⅜⅝⅞]%?[-−][\d½⅓⅔¼¾⅛⅜⅝⅞]/g, ifNotLink); // 3½-6 str = str.replace(/\d(st|nd|rd|th)?[-−]\d+(st|nd|rd|th)\b/g, ifNotLink); // 2nd-3rd str = str.replace(/([a-z,'"”\]>] +|\(|^\| *|\|\| *)[-–]\d/mig, ifNotLink); // minus -35 str = str.replace(/<((sup|sub|td)>\s*)[-–](\d)/ig, "<$1−$3"); // 10<sup>-3</sup> str = str.replace(/,*(?=.? ) *[-–—−] *(\d*:\d\d[\s*<])/g, " – $1"); // album track listings // November 15, 2005-March 7, 2006; [[March 18]]-[[April 4]] str = str.replace(/(\d\]*)[-–—−](\[*(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[a-z]* +\d)/g, "$1 – $2"); // July-August 2007 str = str.replace(/\b((Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[a-z]*[-−]?\b){2,}/g, ifNotLink); // [[266]]-[[283]] str = str.replace(/(\d(?: BC)?\]\])[-−]((ca?\.|AD ?)?\[\[\d+[^\d-])/g, "$1–$2"); // (1984 – 1992) str = str.replace(/([(|=] *\[*\d+\]*) +[–—−] +(\[*\d+\]*\s*[)|}])/g, "$1–$2"); // iv-xii str = str.replace(/[ ;(=](?=\w+-)(m*(cm|cd|d?c*)(xc|xl|l?x*)(ix|iv|v?i*)-?\b){2}[^\w-]/g, ifNotLink); if (scoresAreLikely) // W-L-D or 73–70–67–70=280, but not castling str = str.replace(/[^\w−–-](?!0-0-0)(\d\d?\d?[-–−]){2,}\d\d?[^\w\/−–-]/g, ifNotLink); str = str.replace(/\b(\d+)[–−](year|month|day|hour|minute|mile|yard|foot|inch|bit|door|speed|gun|page|seat|way|point|ton|man)\b/g, "$1-$2"); // hyphen // Number ranges and scores should use en dashes, per [[MOS:DASH]]. // This has been well-tested and false positives (e.g., ID nos.) are rare. // function range (str, from,to, pos,string) { var dash = true; var except = /\b(fig(ure)?|table|example|exhibit|circular|section|part|number|no|nr|id|model|pub|std|report|rpt|law|[P.]L|p|page|date|IS\wN\b[ a-z]*|SCOTUS)[^\w(,;]*$/i; var rpat = /^([^A-Za-z]|nbsp)*(AD|BC|B?CE|BP|[kMG]a|km|mi|kg|lb|\w?Hz|vote|decision|record|odds|scor\w*|win|loss|tie|draw|lead|victory|defeat|upset|run|deficit|start|finish|season|game)\b/; var lpat = /\b(pages|pp|rp|nos|\d+\)?'*[:,]|(w[io]n|lost?|tie|dr.w|lea?d|f.ll|vot|rul|decid|pass|fail|defeat|scor|gam|match|trail|finish|end)e?[ds]?|\w\w+ing|ahead|behind|up|down|from|to|is|are|was|were|of|out|by|an?|at|it|went|go|gone|beaten|between)([^a-z]|nbsp)*$/i; var inorder = (to-0 > from.slice(-to.length)); // pp 362-5 var precision = Math.max( from.search(/0*$/), to.search(/0*$/) ); if (string.substring(pos-20,pos+1).search(except) >= 0) { return str; // based on preceding word, looks like a ref number } if (from == 9 && to == 11) { dash = false; // 9-11 is a common special case } if (from-0 >= to) { dash = false; // values don't look like a range } if (to-from > 120 && from * (precision > 2 ? 5 : 50) < to && from > 1) { dash = false; // values don't look like a range } if (scoresAreLikely && from <= 900 && to <= 900) { dash = true; // likely a score or wins-losses } if (from < 2-to && string.search(/Category:.*\bChess\b/i) >= 0) { dash = false; // chess notations 0-0, 0-1, 1-0 } if (str.charAt(0) == '(' && string.charAt(pos + str.length) == ')') { dash = true; // scores often seen as (8-4) } if (from.search(/^0./) >= 0 || to.search(/^0./) >= 0) { dash = false; // 3-07 and 0123-4567 look like ref numbers } if (string.substr(pos-1,15).search(/^\d([:,.])\d+.\d+\1\d/) >= 0) { dash = true; // 10:30-11:30, 35,000-40,000, 2.5-4.0 } if (string.substr(pos,30).search(rpat) >= 0) { dash = true; // 12-5 BC, 5-5000 km, 6-4 win, 73-50 vote } if (string.substring(pos-80,pos).search(lpat) >= 0) { dash = true; // pp. 8, 25, 270-74, 313-7; won 6-4, 6-2 } if (from > 1000 && from < 2100 && to.length == 2 && inorder) { dash = true; // 1994-95 year range } return dash ? ifNotLink(str,pos,string) : str; } str = str.replace(/[^\w\/+−–-](\d{1,4})[-−](\d{1,4})(?!'*[\w\/+−–-])/g, range); return str; } // Hook to allow using this tool "standalone" if (importScript("Wikipedia:AutoEd/core.js")) // if not otherwise using AutoEd { function autoEdFunctions() { var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; var str = txt.value. replace(/—/g, '—'). replace(/–/g, '–'). // simplify core regexes replace(/−/g, '−'); var newstr = autoEdDashes( str ); if (newstr != str) { // don't alter encoding style if no fixes txt.value = newstr; autoEdTag = "fixed [[MOS:DASH|dashes]] using a [[User:GregU/dashes.js|script]]"; } } autoEdLinkName = "–"; autoEdLinkHover = "Fix dashes, hyphens, and minus signs"; autoEdTag = ""; }