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wikt>Benwing2: gsub() returns two values; avoid returning two values to tr(); remove extraneous semicolons and convert single quotes to double quotes

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gsub() returns two values; avoid returning two values to tr(); remove extraneous semicolons and convert single quotes to double quotes

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local export = {}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)

local replacements

if (sc == "Arab") then
return (mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.gsub(text, ".", {
-- consonants --
["ا"]="ə", ["ب"]="b", ["ت"]="t", ["ث"]="ṯ", ["ج"]="j",
["ح"]="ḥ", ["خ"]="ḵ", ["د"]="d", ["ذ"]="ḏ", ["ر"]="r",
["ز"]="z", ["س"]="s", ["ش"]="š", ["ص"]="ṣ", ["ض"]="ḍ",
["ط"]="ṭ", ["ظ"]="ẓ", ["ع"]="ʕ", ["غ"]="ḡ", ["ڢ"]="f",
["ڧ"]="q", ["ك"]="k", ["ل"]="l", ["م"]="m", ["ࢽ"]="n",
["ه"]="h", ["و"]="w", ["ی"]="y",
-- [ق], [ف] and [ي] should not occur, but [ن] sometimes does
["ن"]="n",
-- [ے] should likely be used in quotes at least
["ے"]="y",

-- tashkil --
["َ"]="a", ["ُ"]="u", ["ِ"]="i",
["ّ"]="ː", ["ْ"]="°",
}), "([btṯjḥḵdḏrzsšṣḍṭẓʕḡfqklmnhwyuiː°])ə", "%1ā"):gsub("aə", "ā"))
elseif (sc == "Hebr") then
return (mw.ustring.gsub(text, ".", {

-- consonants --
["א"] = "ʔ", ["ב"] = "b", ["ג"] = "g", ["ד"] = "d",
["ה"] = "h", ["ו"] = "w", ["ז"] = "z", ["ח"] = "ḥ",
["ט"] = "ṭ", ["י"] = "y", ["כ"] = "k", ["ל"] = "l",
["מ"] = "m", ["נ"] = "n", ["ס"] = "s", ["ע"] = "ʕ",
["פ"] = "f", ["צ"] = "ṣ", ["ק"] = "q", ["ר"] = "r",
["ש"] = "š", ["ת"] = "t",

-- sofit --
["ך"] = "k", ["ם"] = "m", ["ן"] = "n", ["ף"] = "f",
["ץ"] = "ṣ",

-- nikud ?

}))
end

return
end

return export

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