Module:Convert to eastern arabic numerals
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This module converts from Western Arabic numerals (i.e. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) to Eastern Arabic numerals (i.e. ٩ ,٨ ,٧ ,٦ ,٥ ,٤ ,٣ ,٢ ,١ ,٠)
Usage
[edit]From wikitext
[edit]This should generally be invoked from the corresponding template {{Eastern arabic numerals}}; however it make be directly invoked as well
{{#invoke:Convert to eastern arabic numerals|convert|3.1415}}
From Lua
[edit]Load the module with the following code:
local mConvertNumerals = require('Module:Convert to eastern arabic numerals')
And then from there you can convert using the _convert
function.
mConvertNumerals._convert({"3.1415"})
local p = {}
local conversion_table = {
['0'] = '٠',
['1'] = '١',
['2'] = '٢',
['3'] = '٣',
['4'] = '٤',
['5'] = '٥',
['6'] = '٦',
['7'] = '٧',
['8'] = '٨',
['9'] = '٩',
['.'] = '٫'
}
function p._convert(args)
if args == nil then
return 'Error! Arguments provided are null'
end
if args[1] == nil then
return ''
end
local num_str = tostring(args[1])
local new_str, _ = string.gsub(num_str, '[0-9.]', conversion_table)
return new_str
end
function p.convert(frame)
return p._convert(frame.args)
end
return p